{"id":19423,"date":"2014-04-08T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T18:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=19423"},"modified":"2014-04-08T15:03:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T19:03:32","slug":"civil-rights-lawsuit-v-nypd-emerges-from-ray-kellys-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=19423","title":{"rendered":"Civil rights lawsuit v NYPD emerges from Ray Kelly’s reign"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Daily News:\u00a0 EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles man sues city and NYPD officers, claiming he was beaten and arrested for asking ‘Why?’ – NY Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It wasn’t the New York he signed up for.<\/em><\/p>\n

Los Angeles transplant Evan King says a cop called him a \u201cd–k,\u201d threw him to the ground, then was joined by other officers in roughing him up because he dared to ask why he was stopped and questioned at a Midtown subway station.<\/em><\/p>\n

Only a short time ago we read the angry debate about Ray Kelly and Mike Bloomberg’s stop-and-frisk policy and its psychological (and legal) ravages on New York citizens, mostly men of color, like Evan King.<\/p>\n

We can hope that Mr. King’s righteous lawsuit against P.O. Anthony Francavilla (who had been sued for a similar act in 2011) will be remembered as a remnant of a different time, different administration, different attitude toward policing a big city.<\/p>\n

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From the Daily News:\u00a0 EXCLUSIVE: Los Angeles man sues city and NYPD officers, claiming he was beaten and arrested for asking ‘Why?’ – NY Daily News. It wasn’t the New York he signed up for. Los Angeles transplant Evan King … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[161,649],"class_list":["post-19423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-civil-rights-lawsuits","tag-false-arrest-and-imprisonment-lawsuits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t