GRAND RAPIDS (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision in favor of Grand Rapids police in a dispute over taking photographs and fingerprints of people who lack identification.
The lawsuit was filed in 2014, before the city changed the photo-and-fingerprint policy. The change was made to improve relationships between police and residents.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a man who was photographed and fingerprinted in 2011. A health club told police that the man appeared to be looking into car windows. He wasn’t charged.
The appeals court says officers have immunity because it’s not clearly established that fingerprinting and photographing someone without ID violates the U.S. Constitution.
In 2015, police said fingerprints would be taken from people without ID only if their behavior was “highly suspicious.”
- Posted May 29, 2017
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Fingerprint lawsuit challenge rejected
headlines Macomb
- Former public defender moves on to private sector
- Governor signs legislation reforming Michigan’s juvenile justice system
- Michigan voters start casting cast ballot in person at early voting sites
- Chinese National pleads guilty in $80,000 fraud scheme targeting Macomb senior
- Macomb County board of commissioners adopts resolution authorizing intervention in DTE Electric Co. rate increases
headlines National
- How to use AI but steer clear of hallucinated cases
- Lawyers for low-income clients strike in NYC
- Top prosecutor for International Criminal Court accused of sexual misconduct
- Big Tech companies facing new wave of lawsuits over copyright and AI
- Lawyer says he was ‘manic’ when he bought Cape Cod mansion in danger of falling into ocean
- Judge regrets ‘entitled little snot’ comment but still fit for the bench, lawyer says
