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A Landover man filed a complaint Monday in Prince George's County Circuit Court against the Woodmore Towne Center at Glenarden alleging Glenarden city police officers racially profiled him for going to multiple stores Nov. 26 without making noticeable purchases.
Jonathan Lancaster, 19, a black male, is suing for $70,000 in punitive damages after Glenarden police officers allegedly told him they observed him going to two stores without buying anything and after they asked him to leave the property despite his having no previous criminal history.
"I knew his rights were violated because the officers did not articulate a reasonable suspicion that a crime had occurred or was going to occur," said Lancaster's attorney, Jim Bell, adding that Lancaster is not talking to the press. "That was just blatant."
Landover man files suit against Woodmore Towne Centre
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