Compton School District Sued For Alleged Racial Profiling And Abuse
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The Compton school district faces a federal lawsuit (Bahn Mi)
Allegations by families involved in the federal lawsuit include:
- School police officers' successful attempt to deport the father of a student when the father filed a complaint against an officer
- Officers beating a witness who captured a student's arrest on his iPod
- Officers' use of "excessive force" against students
- The Compton Unified School District's underfunding of English as a Second Language programs
Compton, a city southeast of downtown Los Angeles, has undergone major demographic shifts in recent years. Once predominantly black, the city is now roughly two-thirds Latino.
A 2010 lawsuit, settled in June 2012, found in favor of two plaintiffs who claimed that Compton City Council voting districts gave disproportionately underrepresented Latino voters. Lines were redrawn according to 2010 census findings.
