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Cincinnati Police Officers Sued for Attacking Protesters Without Provocation

HeadlineApr 20, 2001

This news from Cincinnati: Five people have filed a lawsuit against Cincinnati police officers who, they say, attacked them without warning or provocation during last week’s protests. The fatal police shooting of a 19-year-old Black man, Timothy Thomas, on April 7 prompted three days of protests and rioting. Dozens of people were injured. More than 800 arrests were made. The mayor imposed Cincinnati’s first citywide curfew since the race riots of 1968.

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