Alston v. City of St. Louis, Missouri

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION FAREED ALSTON, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Case No. 4:18-cv-01569-AGF ) CITY OF SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, et ) al., ) ) ) Defendants. ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiff Fareed Alston, a filmmaker, claims that while documenting protest activity following the September 15, 2017, verdict in State of Missouri v. Stockley,1 St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) officers unlawfully “kettled,”2 pepper sprayed, assaulted, and arrested him. Alston brings this civil rights action under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

against several SLMPD…