Stephan Long, a Black man from Denver, is fighting back after he says he was wrongfully convicted of murder after defending himself from a racially charged attack by two white men.
According to reports, Long is suing the city of Denver and its police force after detaining and charging him for shooting the white assailants who attacked him in a 2023 road rage incident. Despite being presented with evidence showing Long was defending himself, the prosecutors charged him with two counts of first-degree murder.
He wound up behind bars for four months, spent an additional 10 months on house arrest with an ankle monitor before the courts dismissed the charges for “insufficient evidence” presented by the prosecution…