Salisbury, North Carolina: Police tore Black librarian Stephanie Bottom’s shoulder in traffic stop

Lawsuit: NC police tore woman’s shoulder during traffic stop

A lawsuit filed by a Black Georgia woman claims white officers from North Carolina used excessive force during a traffic stop when they pulled her from the car by her hair and tore her rotator cuff. The lawsuit filed Wednesday by Stephanie Bottom of Atlanta says she posed no threat to officers from the Salisbury Police Department and the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office when she was pulled over for speeding and failing to heed to blue lights in May 2019. The lawsuit says the officers violated her rights when they ripped her from the car and twisted her arm until ...

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Suit: Police tore Black librarian’s shoulder in traffic stop

A federal lawsuit filed by a Georgia librarian says white officers used excessive force on the Black woman during a traffic stop in North Carolina, adding they pulled her from her car by her hair and tore her rotator cuff. The suit filed Wednesday by Stephanie Bottom of Atlanta claims she posed no threat to the officers from the Salisbury Police Department and the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office when she was stopped in May 2019. But officers approached her vehicle with guns drawn and later violated her rights by using excessive force, the lawsuit said. Bottom, now 68, said she ...

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