Today, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of New Mexico, along with cooperating attorney Richard Rosenstock, filed a complaint in the First Judicial District Court on behalf of Jordan McDowell, an African American university student from New Orleans, who was discriminated against by an employee of an Allsup’s convenience store in Santa Fe. In the complaint, McDowell alleges that the employee called the police asking them to remove him from the premises because of his race.

Date filed

January 14, 2020

Status

Filed