New York State Sues NYPD Over Its Handling Of 2020 Racial Justice Protests : NPR - 0 views
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New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department, citing "a pattern of using excessive force and making false arrests against New Yorkers during peaceful protests" that sought racial justice and other changes.
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It's now seeking a court order "declaring that the policies and practices that the NYPD used during these protests were unlawful."
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Along with the court order, the attorney general is asking for policy reforms and a monitor to oversee the NYPD's tactics and handling of future protests.
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A video last May apparently showed police SUVs surging into a crowd that had surrounded them during a protest in Brooklyn.
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n July, plainclothes officers were seen on video as they "aggressively detained a woman at a protest and hauled her away in an unmarked vehicle,"
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inflicting significant physical and psychological harm and leading to great distrust in law enforcement."
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"this longstanding pattern of brutal and illegal force ends. No one is above the law — not even the individuals charged with enforcing it."
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"failed to prevent and address the pattern or practice of excessive force and false arrests by officers against peaceful protesters in violation of the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution"
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says the NYPD made a practice out of "kettling" — corralling people by using physical force and obstructions — to arrest protesters rather than allowing crowds to disperse.