ACLU Sues Cobb Police Department Over DUI Marijuana Arrests

Golfer Eugene Siller and two others were found dead at Pinetree Country Club in Kennesaw. The suspect is still at large.

JASON GETZ / Associated Press file

A Georgia police department and one of its officers has been sued for arresting three people based on a report by a “drug recognition expert” who accused each of driving under the influence of marijuana.

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The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia filed the lawsuit earlier this week in federal court in Atlanta against the Cobb County Police Department, arguing that the plaintiffs’ Fourth Amendment rights against unlawful seizures were violated.