In a damning assessment of the NYPD’s response to last year’s protests, the state’s top law-enforcement official has filed a Federal lawsuit against top department officials and Mayor de Blasio, alleging that officers used excessive force and made unlawful arrests in “suppressing overwhelmingly peaceful” demonstrations.
The suit seeks what State Attorney General Letitia James called “systemic reforms,” including renewed training for officers and the appointment of a monitor. It also seeks redress for what the suit claims was the NYPD’s violation of protesters’ constitutional rights to free speech and peaceful assembly and against the unreasonable use of force by police during last year's protests.
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