A judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by demonstrators arrested in D.C. during racial justice protests following the death of George Floyd.
Late on June 1, 2020, D.C. police arrested nearly 200 people on Swann Street NW for violating the city’s curfew.
A lawsuit brought by seven of those arrested claimed D.C.’s curfew was vague and overly broad, and that officers arrested them without probable cause, committed assault and battery and violated multiple constitutional rights.
In dismissing the suit, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson upheld Mayor Muriel Bowser’s curfew order as constitutionally valid.
She also found that demonstrators offered no specific evidence that they were assaulted or had excessive force used on them.
Previous coverage of the Swann Street story:
- Demonstrators recall being kettled by law enforcement during DC protests
- Report on Swann Street arrests calls for DC Council to tighten rules on police
- Man who sheltered protesters in DC: ‘It was very instinctual’
