2 protesters arrested during 2018 demonstration at Cowboys stadium sue Jerry Jones, others
Two of the nine people arrested in 2018 during a protest outside AT&T Stadium filed a lawsuit Monday alleging they were wrongfully arrested and maliciously prosecuted.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas, lists the city of Arlington, five unnamed police officers, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney Sharen Wilson and Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys, as defendants.
The Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office and the Arlington Police Department said they do not comment on pending litigation. The city of Arlington and Jones did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Michael Lowe and Arminta Jeffryes were both arrested in September 2018 while protesting with a group of people outside the Cowboys’ stadium. The group was protesting the killings of two unarmed Black men by police. In Arlington, police officer Bau Tran shot and killed O’Shea Terry during a traffic stop. On Sept. 6, 2018, Dallas police officer Amber Guyger killed Botham Jean inside his apartment.
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