Rashad James, an attorney for Maryland Legal Aid, filed a complaint with the Harford County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday requesting an investigation into the March 6 incident involving one of its deputies. An African-American attorney has filed a complaint after he says he was racially profiled and detained by a sheriff’s deputy who thought he was a criminal suspect posing as his legal counsel in a Maryland courthouse. CBS 13 Rashad James, an attorney for Maryland Legal Aid, has filed a complaint against the Harford County Sheriff's Office after he believes he was racially profiled. “The officer had been present in the courtroom during the hearing, yet addressed Mr. James as the client. “If Mr. James were white, the officer would not have doubted that Mr. James was an attorney, would not have questioned his identity, and certainly would not have detained Mr. James after seeing his driver’s license,” said attorney Andrew D. Freeman of Brown, Goldstein & Levy.

Source: Huffington Post March 28, 2019 15:56 UTC