Scope and Contents From the File: In these high profile cases, the ACLU assisted in representing the survivors (Linda Roman and Wilbert Guillory) of two young black men, Johnny Roman, 22 years old, and Michael Guillory, 25 years old, killed by police officers in Richmond, California. The consolidated lawsuits "alleged that each man had been deprived of life without due process of law in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983." Defendants in the suit were the city of Richmond, two police officers, and two...