NY Attorney General Sues NYPD, De Blasio Over Use Of Excessive Force During Protests
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New York Attorney General Letitia James
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New York City
New York Attorney General Letitia James is calling for a federal court-appointed monitor to oversee changes within the NYPD, as part of a new lawsuit accusing the department of violating the civil rights of New Yorkers who marched against racist police violence during the spring and summer of last year.
In a scathing complaint filed in federal court on Thursday, James detailed months of "illegal and harmful" conduct by NYPD officers in the wake of George Floyd's killing by police in Minneapolis.
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