Flint, business group settle lawsuit over boy’s handcuffing
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan city and a business group have agreed to pay $40,000 to settle a lawsuit over the handcuffing of a 7-year-old boy at an after-school program in 2015.
The boy, who has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, had kicked a cart and was running on bleachers when Flint police were called. His hands were cuffed behind his back and remained that way for more than an hour because the officer didn’t have a key, according to the lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan on behalf of the boy and his mother.
“What happened ... is highly alarming and we don’t want any other child in Flint to have a similar experience,” Mark Fancher, of the ACLU, said Tuesday.
Flint and the Flint & Genesee Chamber of Commerce are each paying $20,000, according to a settlement filed last week in federal court. The business group sponsored the after-school program.
Physical restraints will be used only as a last resort and Flint police officers will be encouraged to not get involved in school disciplinary issues, the ACLU said.
Women AGs back Biden-Harris bid in nod to suffrage amendment
A group of women Attorneys General is throwing its support behind the presidential bid of former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, who served as California Attorney General from 2011 to 2017.
The group includes 29 current and former Attorneys General from 24 states and U.S. territories. It’s made up of all Democrats, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto.
The group “takes particular pride that one of ‘ours’—a former distinguished state attorney general— has been tapped as the candidate for the second highest office in the land,” Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum said in a statement.
Frankie Sue Del Papa, who served as Nevada Attorney General from 1991 to 2003, said the group’s decision to back the ticket stemmed from long-term relationships and familiarity with Harris’ work. Attorneys General convene in Washington, D.C. annually to discuss their work and often work together on multi-state lawsuits.
Del Papa said Attorneys General were impressed by Harris’ work on the 2012 National Mortgage Settlement, which ended in five banks reaching an agreement to pay $25 billion to 49 states and the federal government over mortgage loan servicing abuses during the 2007 foreclosure crisis.
“August 18 is an incredibly special day, particularly this year, being the 100th anniversary of the Suffrage Amendment. Former women Attorneys General thought it’d be really appropriate to not only endorse the ticket, but Harris, who many of us have served with and know,” Del Papa said.
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