Attorneys for both former officer Christopher Flatten and the city of Willmar denied nearly all of the claims laid out in a lawsuit filed by the ACLU on behalf of Derrick Gilbert.| West Central Tribune
A lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Minnesota alleges that a Willmar police officer unlawfully arrested Derrick Gilbert, 39, of Willmar, for "walking while Black." According to the suit, an officer initially arrested Gilbert on another Black man's warrant.| West Central Tribune