New York Attorney General Sues NYPD For Excessive Force Against Black Lives Matter Protesters
On Thursday, New York state Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio, NYPD, and the city’s police commissioner over the police who used excessive force against racial justice protesters in the wake of the killing of George Floyd last year.
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The suit that was filed in Manhattan federal court, comes after a monthslong investigation into the NYPD’s actions during the Black Lives Matter protests over the killing of Floyd that found that officers allegedly used “indiscriminate, unjustified, and repeated use of batons, pepper spray, bicycles and a crowd control tactic known as ‘kettling’ against peaceful protestors,” the release said.
“There is no question that the NYPD engaged in a pattern of excessive, brutal, and unlawful force against peaceful protesters,” said James adding, “Over the past few months, the NYPD has repeatedly and blatantly violated the rights of New Yorkers, inflicting significant physical and psychological harm and leading to great distrust in law enforcement.”
The suit which names the NYPD, the City of New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea and NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan blames them for failing to address a “longstanding pattern of abuse” by not properly training, supervising or disciplining officers to prevent and address misconduct, the release said, according to CNN.
In adding to James suit, she also wants to install an external monitor to oversee the department’s policing tactics.
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