Aldridge v. City of Saint Louis, Missouri

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION RASHEEN ALDRIDGE, ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) v. ) Case No. 4:18-cv-01677-SRC ) CITY OF ST. LOUIS, et al., ) ) Defendant(s). ) Memorandum and Order National and local racial tensions over use of force by police officers frame the context of this case. In the weeks following a September 2017 verdict absolving a white officer who shot a black suspect, protests roiled downtown St. Louis. The events in this case occurred during a protest outside Busch Stadium, in the waning innings of a St. Louis Cardinals game. Amidst crowds…