Johnson v. City of San Jose

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KYLE JOHNSON, Case No. 21-cv-01849-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION FOR SUMMARY

CITY OF SAN JOSE, et al., JUDGMENT Defendants. Re: ECF No. 107

12 This action arises out of one of the protests following the May 25, 2020 killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minneapolis police officers. A wave of public demonstrations followed, during which participants across the country protested Mr. Floyd’s killing and disproportionate police brutality toward Black people. Plaintiff Kyle Johnson (“Mr. Johnson”), a Black man, attended one such protest on May 30, 2020 in San Jose, California. Mr. Johnson brings this suit alleging that Defendants Officer James Adgar (“Officer Adgar”) and the City of San Jose (the “City,” and with Officer Adgar, “Defendants”) engaged in police misconduct during his participation in the protest, and that the misconduct violated his First and…