Three years ago, Steve Young and Winifred Jamieson, an interracial couple from Kansas City, were enjoying a night out when their evening came to an abrupt end. I’m quite sure going to jail wasn’t on either of these folks’ to-do lists that day.
However, Kansas City Police officers arrested Young and Jamieson during a comedy show March 22, 2022 at the Kansas City Music Hall. Both were charged with disorderly conduct and released. Those charges were dismissed more than two years later, according to a federal lawsuit the couple filed June 18 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
In the suit, the couple contends two Kansas City Police officers — Benjiman Dougherty and Jared Comfort — violated their civil rights by arresting them without probable cause. The couple also accuse the officers of violating the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment (citizens’ rights) and other civil rights violations…