By Olivia Verde. Bay City News
The civil rights attorney John Burris announced a federal lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a Roe v. Wade protester alleging that while engaging in an act of civil disobedience, members of the San Francisco police and fire departments injected her with an unknown sedative without consent.
On June 13, Kareim McKnight and his friend Amanda Piasecki went to the Golden State Warriors game against the Boston Celtics at the Chase Center in San Francisco. They didn't have the playoffs on their minds, but rather the pending decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade.
The civil rights lawsuit filed against the city, its police and fire departments in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges that McKnight and Piasecki paid for their tickets and brought a sign that read: