| Bronx Man
Sued NYPD For Excessive Force, At Trial
Officer Cannot Remember Race of Doctor
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
September 1 – Eliezer Lopez
sued NYPD officers of the 42nd
Precinct in The Bronx for
excessive force.
He was chased, he
says, by police who did not
show badges in Crotona Park
North and Arthur Avenue. He
was pushed after being told,
"this is what happens when you
run from the
cops."
On
September 1 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Loretta A. Preska held a final
pre-trial conference. Inner
City Press covered it.
Judge
Preska described how trial
work during the time of COVID,
saying that this one will be
in large Courtroom 26B. She
was asked, Is that where you
did the Donziger trial?
The
municipal defendants asked
questions like, Can we leave
the drugs seized from
plaintiff with the Marshals
overnight during the trial? It
was said the trial will begin
on September 15.
Jump cut to April
7, 2022, and the trial was on.
Inner City Press covered it,
in person. The police officer
witness, not in the glassed-in
box used for example in the
just concluded US v. Larry Ray
trial, testified that he had
merely chased Lopez to the
railing, and watched him climb
and jump over it.
Plaintiff's counsel grilled
him about previous deposition
answers and his answers drew
instructions from Judge
Preska. The witness said a
doctor had found drugs in the
plaintiff's clothes, but then
couldn't name the race or even
gender of the doctor. Inner
City Press will continue to
cover the case.
The case is
Laureano v. City of New York
et al., 17-cv-181
(Preska)
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