The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado claims in a lawsuit that two Aurora police officers last year ejected an Ethiopian man wearing a hoodie from a coffee shop where he bought a muffin. The suit said the officers singled out Hassan because of his race and had their hands on their guns when they forced him to leave. “Our client is the victim of unjustifiable racial profiling,” said ACLU of Colorado legal director Mark Silverstein. “Police officers had no grounds, no basis and no legitimate authority to order Mr. Hassan to leave the coffee shop.”In a prepared statement, Aurora police said the department takes allegations of misconduct seriously and the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau investigated the incident. “Based on the findings of our 2016 internal investigation, we strongly disagree with the allegations brought against our officers in regards to this incident,” the statement said.

Source: Ethiopian News September 27, 2017 17:20 UTC