KANSAS CITY (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union is suing a Kansas City suburb for pulling over a driver for flashing his headlights at oncoming drivers to warn that a speed trap was ahead.
The federal suit was filed Wednesday on behalf of Jerry L. Jarman Jr., who lives on the Kansas side of the metropolitan area. He was ticketed in August in Grain Valley, and the charge was dismissed in October.
The ACLU of Missouri alleges that the stop violated Jarman's First Amendment right to free speech and Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure.