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Name
  
Jimmy Marks


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Died
  
June 27, 2007, Spokane, Washington, United States

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Jimmy Marks (February 14, 1945 – June 27, 2007) was a Romani American who lived in Spokane, Washington. Marks' clan are part of the Romanian Romani Germanic Gypsies. He referred to himself as a "Rom".

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Marks became widely known in 1986 when the Spokane police department raided his home, performed searches, confiscated property, $1.6 million in cash, and $160,000 in jewelry, without a valid search warrant. The police claimed that 35 items were from burglaries.

The Marks' claimed that the cash was being held for other Romani families who did not trust banks. Marks brought suit against the city of Spokane for $59 million, and after 11 years the case was settled out of court for $1.43 million. The lawsuit has been cited as a landmark case in the civil rights of Romani Americans .

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Jimmy Marks Wikipedia