NYPD Faces Possible Suits Over WEF Arrests

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Andrea Bernstein
WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Lawyers for protesters arrested at the World Economic Forum say the New York police department may have violated its own policies for handling arrests by holding demonstrators in jail overnight which could potentially cost the city millions of dollars in lawsuits. WNYC's Andrea Bernstein reports ....

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