The issue focused on how their friends and family were likely to respond to the political changes.

"It's not that we have this problem of people just getting over it, but they are going to go out and get more law enforcement work," said Lawton. "We need to make sure that our legal system is well-educated and will be able to handle all of these civil rights cases in a way that does not give law enforcement an advantage."

In court documents filed with the federal court,