Crime & Safety
Report: ACLU Looking Into Possible Racial Profiling of Shorewood Track Coach
Shorewood police say they didn't know Dominic Newman's race before they pulled him over.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin is looking into whether race played a role in a police incident with Shorewood track coach Dominic Newman, WISN 12 is reporting.
The early Monday morning incident started with a 911 call from a Shorewood resident who heard a car alarm go off. It wound up with Newman, who was driving his wife's car, being pulled over in Whitefish Bay, ordered out of the car, handcuffed at gunpoint and advised he was being arrested for grand theft auto.
Newman’s car alarm would sound for several seconds every time he opened his door.
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Police released him shortly after and said the incident was a "big misunderstanding."
The ACLU told WISN they have heard a lot of similar stories about individual’s bad interactions with police.
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Shorewood police have said they had no knowledge of Newman's race before he was pulled over, as the 911 call only included a vehicle description.
Read the full report here.
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