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U.S. Judge Rules Protest Lawsuits Can Go Ahead

By RICHARD KHAVKINE
Posted 7/15/21

The city must answer to charges that the NYPD and its officers violated people’s constitutional and other rights in its response to last year’s protests and demonstrations, a Federal Judge has ruled. 

In a 45-page decision issued July 9, U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon rejected claims that the city cannot be held collectively responsible for individual officers’ actions.

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