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In this case it is a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of the journalists. The lead plaintiff is a journalist who was shot by the police while co
by oftenwrong 6y ago
In this case it is a class-action lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of the journalists. The lead plaintiff is a journalist who was shot by the police while covering a protest.
- inetknght 6y agoClass-action lawsuits in the USA often end up being settled with little or no real action. I hope for better here but I'm not going to hold my breath on it.
- kyboren 6y agoThis is because class actions are often little more than schemes to enrich attorneys. This is not such a case and ACLU are not such attorneys.
- sukilot 6y agoThe suit is only asking for some money and for the Court to order the state to stop breaking the law even though the state presumably believes it is not breaking the law It's almost entirely symbolic.
- JackC 6y agoWhen ACLU brings a lawsuit on behalf of an individual, it’s common for the government to moot the lawsuit by changing the treatment of that one person, or offering a settlement to that one person, or even deporting that person, without changing its behavior in general. A class action means the government can’t avoid the lawsuit that way. What you’re saying is a real issue in general, but not relevant to class actions as used as a civil rights tactic by ACLU.