No. 20-7513

Loretta Jones v. New York City Police Department, et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-19
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment accountability civil-liberties civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process institutional-racism law-enforcement-technology public-oversight public-scrutiny transparency
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment Takings Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Oversight-of-law-enforcement-technologies

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Entities responsible for our country’s over incarceration and institutional racism are today taxed with uses of both new and old technologies that fail to provide proof of oversight to the public and I’m suffering them. Law enforcement are banding together in use of weaponry against us all, including technology that remotely discharges: 1. sound/spoken voice infliction 2. gas, chemical and odor deployment 3. precision cutting and piercing, and 4. muscle and body manipulation. . Shouldn’t we have mechanisms in place to guard against the same over-reach and encroachment plaguing communities of color but that today are poised to target every member of the general population falling under category of ‘imminent danger’ when suspected simply of not washing their hands, for example, during Covid times? The old saying rings true that if you don’t stand against injustice, soon it comes for you. . Today’s technologies, remotely launched, like those listed above, need oversight same as an officer’s gun or taser. Reports should be written and records ; retrievable by the targeted and assailed, at least. Isn’t it just as important to one’s Constitutional protections as any, irregardless of whether their situation be incarceration, accusation or investigation? . 1 Further, public scrutiny always'proves to be a safeguard. Mustn’t it be afforded ; here? : . : 2 a , >

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-04-16
Waiver of right of respondents The City of New York to respond filed.
2021-03-23
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 19, 2021)

Attorneys

Loretta Jones
Loretta Jones — Petitioner
The City of New York
Susan PaulsonNew York City Law Department, Respondent
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent