NYPD sued by Black man over questioning, 'excessively tight' handcuffs
NEW YORK (Legal Newsline) - The City of New York and its police department and officers are facing a civil rights lawsuit from Raymond Green, a man who alleges he was unlawfully stopped, questioned, searched and arrested in December 2019. The suit was filed March 15 with the New York Supreme Court by attorney Sameer Nath of Sim and Depaola, LLP. The suit alleges that on the evening of Dec. 5, 2019, Green was with friends in a lawfully parked vehicle at the intersection of East 115th Street and Lexington Avenue, occupying the driver’s seat. Following an exchange that allegedly involved a for...