Ferguson police lawsuit

A fed­er­al law­suit has been filed against the Fer­guson and St. Louis County po­lice de­part­ments al­leging rampant mis­con­duct and ab­us­ive be­ha­vi­or dur­ing the demon­stra­tions that erup­ted in the St. Louis sub­urb after a Fer­guson po­lice of­ficer shot and killed Mi­chael Brown. One plaintiff al­leges he was shot with rub­ber bul­lets while his hands were raised in sur­render.