CALIFORNIA CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY MARY FRANCES PREVOST SUES UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO/COACH/POLICE ON BEHALF OF USD'S FORMER POINT GUARD ALLEGING RACIAL PROFILING/RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
In 2008, University of San Diego point guard Trumaine Johnson was at the top of his game. He led the USD Torero's basketball team to the NCAA playoffs under new coach Bill Grier.
But Johnson's tenure at USD was marked with significant instances of racial discrimination. On March 9, 2010, Johnson filed suit against USD, Coach Grier, and the San Diego Police Department (and others) for racial profiing/racial discrimination based on two instances where Johnson was wrongfully accused of crimes. After the second instance, in which Johnson was tacked, kneed in the back, pepper sprayed and arrested for a crime he did not commit and a crime the prosecutors declined to prosecute, he was let go from the Toreros.
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