ORANGE, Calif. – In response to the silencing, arrest
and beating of a local resident during a January city
council meeting, the ACLU of Southern California and
the Law Offices of B. Kwaku Duren filed a lawsuit
against the city of Costa Mesa today.
ACLU/SC staff attorney Belinda Escobosa Helzer filed
the lawsuit on behalf of Coyotl Tezcatlipoca, who at a
Jan. 3 city council meeting was abruptly silenced by
Costa Mesa Mayor Allan Mansoor half way through his
allotted time for public comment. Tezcatlipoca, who
also goes by Benito Acosta, was then immediately
surrounded by several police officers, dragged out of
the meeting room, beaten, arrested and later - while
still in custody - taken to the hospital for
treatment.
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