Legal Opinion
Dancy v. McGinley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 7, 2016No. Docket 15-140-cv(L); 15-1876-cv(CON); 15-1950-cv(XAP)PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHIN, Circuit Judge:
On Friday, October 2, 2009, around 11 p.m., two high school students, Jarquez Dancy and Jayvon Elting, were walking on Main Street in Poughkeepsie, New York. They had been watching a movie at a friend’s house, and were returning to Dan-cy’s home, where Elting was to be picked up by his mother.
Police Officer Gregg McGinley stopped them. Both Dancy and Elting are African American, and there had been a report over the police radio of a robbery a few blocks away, with a description of the assailant: “Thin black male, brown jacket.” Other officers (including Police Officer John…
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