UPDATE: Two Men Sue Foxborough Police Chief, Town for 'Improper' Practice of Protective Custody During Springsteen Concert
Two concertgoers have filed a class action lawsuit against Foxborough Police Chief Edward O'Leary and the town challenging Foxborough Police's practice of improperly taking people into protective custody.
Two men who attended a Bruce Springsteen concert at Gillette Stadium in August and allegedy taken into protective custody by Foxborough Police have filed a class action lawsuit against Police Chief Edward O'Leary and the town. Plaintiffs Paul Weldner and Timothy Dutton, both of Portland, Maine, filed the class action lawsuit in federal court Monday alleging that the Foxborough Police Department is putting people into protective custody even when people are not incapacitated. Dutton commented on Foxborough Patch's Aug. 21 article, "Foxborough Police Report 'Few Problems' During Bruce Springsteen Concert at Gillette Stadium," calling Foxborough Police "vigilantes." "The security surrounding these events are vigilantes," said Dutton. "So are …
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Ericka Malmstrom
12:27 pm on Monday, November 19, 2012
I was put in protective custody too and the cop grabbed be out of the lawn chair leaving black and blues all over my arms for two weeks. I was in a lawn chair crying cause I lost my boyfriend since they seperated us when we went in to give them our tickets. It was a the AC DC concert. more ›