“We asked police why we were being arrested, and they said, `Everybody is receiving equal treatment from the Houston Police Department tonight.’ It didn’t matter what you were doing; they arrested you.” —450 peaceful teens arrested in K-Mart raid (Houston Chronicle)
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Update, Houston Chronicle:
The lawsuits accuse police of brandishing pistols and shotguns, verbally abusing customers and knocking food from diners’ hands and off their tables.