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California's Siskiyou County accused of discrimination against Asian Americans in new class action l
lawsuitCalifornia’s Siskiyou County and Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue are accused of racial harassment against the Asian American community in a federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Northern California.
The federal lawsuit claims the county and its sheriff engaged “in a sweeping campaign to harass and intimidate Hmong and other Asian Americans.”
Asian American residents in Siskiyou County have been harassed by deputies through traffic stops, wrongly accused of criminal activity and discriminated against in public meetings, according to the class action suit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in Sacramento on Wednesday.
“In service of this campaign, the defendants have used widespread racial profiling in traffic stops, restricted access to water making it difficult for Asian American residents to live and placed unlawful liens to dispossess Asian Americans of their land,” the lawsuit alleges. “This targeting is designed to drive a disfavored racial minority from the county and has its roots in anti-Asian racism in Siskiyou dating back to the 1800s.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/california-siskiyou-county-accused-discrimination-233620312.html