AG sues ex-Bumpy s ice cream shop owner over race-based police report
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Demonstrators gather at Bumpy s Polar Freeze for a protest on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Schenectady, N.Y. The protest at the business was organized after the owner s racist texts were made public. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of12Buy PhotoSecurity staff with the organizers of a protest try to keep other angry protesters from a man, second from right, who showed up and started yelling at protesters outside of Bumpy s Polar Freeze on Sunday, June 28, 2020, in Schenectady, N.Y. The protest at the business was organized after what is alleged to be the owner s racist texts that had been leaked. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
State AG sues former owner of Bumpy’s Polar Freeze in Schenectady; Alleges false, race-based allegations | The Daily Gazette
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SCHENECTADY – State Attorney General Letitia James is suing the former owner of Bumpy’s Polar Freeze, alleging he used racist intimidation tactics against peaceful protesters last summer.
The lawsuit marks the first such suit brought by the Attorney General’s Hate Crimes and Bias Prevention unit under new authority granted by the state Legislature last year, officials said.
The lawsuit against David Elmendorf, the former owner of Bumpy’s Polar Freeze on State Street, aims to stop discrimination, harassment, violent threats, and what she said were false, race-based police reports, her office announced Wednesday.