Justices: Suit by Trump Backers Against San Jose Police Can Proceed
Associated Press, July 27, 2108
A federal appeals court on Friday allowed supporters of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump to proceed with a lawsuit alleging they were beaten after San Jose police steered them into a crowd of anti-Trump protesters.
Police and the city of San Jose can’t claim that officers have immunity from being sued in the aftermath of the June 2016 confrontation outside a Trump campaign rally, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.
Nineteen Trump supporters sued the city and individual police, alleging that officers guided them into a violent protest, barred them from finding a safer way out and then stood by while protesters assaulted them.
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Police wearing riot gear stood their ground for about 90 minutes as violence escalated before breaking up scuffles and making arrests.
San Jose Police Chief Edgardo Garcia
