Navajo basketball players settle police lawsuit
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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Former members of a boys' basketball team from a high school on the
Navajo Nation have settled their lawsuit against the
New Mexico state police.
The former players will receive $95,000. The lawsuit alleged their lockers and bus were unreasonably searched during a basketball tournament in March 2006.
The team, from the To’hajiilee Community School, was the only one searched when another team reported some missing items. The Navajo players were lined up in front of other spectators and confined to a room while their belongings were searched.
The lawsuit was filed by the
American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico.
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Tribe's high-school athletes settle lawsuit against state police
(AP 11/26)
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