Goolsby v. District of Columbia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JASON GOOLSBY, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 16-cv-2029 (CRC) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION It is a sad reality of American life that a white citizen of Washington, D.C. would feel a need to report an African American teenager and his friends to the police for simply congregating in a public establishment. It is also lamentable (but thankfully not tragic in this instance) that the young man, having committed no crime, would feel the urge to run when the police arrived to investigate. Both actions are born of fear…