Legal Opinion
JOHN W. WALKER, — v. CITY OF PINE BLUFF, —
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 21, 2005No. 04-1969PublishedCited by 124 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
When John W. Walker, an African-American civil rights attorney, stopped to watch a traffic stop of young black men being conducted by white Pine Bluff police officers, Officer Terry Grace arrested Walker for obstructing governmental’operations in violation of section 5-54-102(a)(l) of the Arkansas Code. Walker filed this action ■ under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Grace and the City, claiming that the arrest violated his constitutional rights and that the City failed to train and supervise its police officers “to refrain from engaging in racially selective and racially…
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