JAY-Z’s Team ROC Seeks Justice For Victims Of Police Brutality

JAY-Z’s Staff ROC has filed a authorized amicus temporary to problem the dismissal of a lawsuit filed in opposition to the federal government of Kansas Metropolis, Kansas. 5 ladies introduced ahead the unique civil rights lawsuit, alleging they have been victims of assault and extortion by late KCKPD police officer Roger Golubski and a number of different regulation enforcement defendants.

“In 2023, these ladies filed a lawsuit in opposition to the KCKPD and KCK authorities for creating an atmosphere that enabled law enforcement officials like Golubski to stalk, assault, beat, rape, harass, body, and threaten Black residents,” Staff ROC wrote in a press release caught by Complicated.

In dismissing the lawsuit, U.S. District Decide Toby Crouse argued that the two-year statute of limitations had handed. Within the amicus temporary, Staff ROC claimed that the lady waited till Golubski’s passing out of worry of retribution.

“Within the amicus temporary, Staff ROC and fellow advocates argue that the clock on the statute of limitations didn’t begin to run till after Golubski’s demise, as whereas he was alive, the victims have been justifiably afraid to return ahead to report the abuse on account of Golubski’s decades-long stronghold on the larger KCK neighborhood,” Staff ROC wrote. “If this appellate courtroom agrees with the victims’ view on the timeliness of the submitting of these kinds of fits, this may set a serious precedent for comparable circumstances nationwide, resulting in elevated accountability and visibility surrounding systematic abuse.”

Staff ROC wrote the temporary partnership with Angela T Rye, Esq., Principal/CEO, IMPACT Methods; Barry Scheck, Co-Founder & Particular Counsel, Innocence Challenge and Professor of Legislation, Cardozo College of Legislation; Justice Strikeforce; Kansas Coalition Towards Sexual and Home Violence; Midwest Innocence Challenge; MORE2; Terence Crutcher Basis; The Gathering for Justice; and Till Freedom.

“This isn’t nearly one corrupt officer or division —it’s about defending communities throughout the nation from institutional misconduct by state officers,” Staff ROC Managing Director Dania Diaz additional stated. “Setting the proper instance in locations like Kansas Metropolis, Kansas —the place neighborhood members have been topic to many years of hurt— is important to make sure that authorities officers are being clear and will probably be referred to as to reply for his or her conduct in the event that they violate the regulation.”