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03-10-2013, 08:50 PM
A Brooklyn woman is suing the NYPD for fracturing her leg during a wrongful arrest and handcuffing her to a hospital bed for 17 days before her arraignment.
According to the Post, 42-year-old landlord Karen Brim was mopping the floor of the Flatbush building she owns last April when a group on NYPD officers who were chasing a group teenagers entered and threw her to the ground.
“She’s mopping the common areas, as she does once every two weeks or so, and suddenly police officers descend from the roof into her building and proceed to beat her up, basically,” Brim's attorney, Marshall Bluth said. “No one really knows for sure why they did this. They basically stormed her building.”
Four teenagers were later arrested, but trespassing charges against them were later dropped. Brim was charged with assault, resisting arrest, menacing, harassment, and obstructing governmental administration. Officer Timothy Reilly claimed that Brim hit him in the head with the mop and put her hand around his neck.
While in Kings County hospital for multiple surgeries to correct the fractures in her leg, Brim was shackled to her bed for 17 days while an officer stood watch at the door. “She was hand- and ankle-cuffed to her hospital bed. They would not allow family or friends to enter," Blum said. "She wasn’t presented before a judicial hearing officer for 17 days. It was pretty egregious.”
“She’s not a flight risk. She cannot run out of the hospital," Blum added. "There’s no need to handcuff and ankle-cuff her. Being handcuffed to a bed—it’s like being a caged animal. It’s outrageous."
Asked to respond to the claims made in Brim's suit, a spokesperson from the City's Law Department writes in an email, "We will review the claims once we receive a formal copy of the lawsuit. Claims in a lawsuit are merely allegations unless and until proven otherwise."
http://gothamist.com/2013/03/10/lawsuit_women_beaten_by_nypd_handcu.php
According to the Post, 42-year-old landlord Karen Brim was mopping the floor of the Flatbush building she owns last April when a group on NYPD officers who were chasing a group teenagers entered and threw her to the ground.
“She’s mopping the common areas, as she does once every two weeks or so, and suddenly police officers descend from the roof into her building and proceed to beat her up, basically,” Brim's attorney, Marshall Bluth said. “No one really knows for sure why they did this. They basically stormed her building.”
Four teenagers were later arrested, but trespassing charges against them were later dropped. Brim was charged with assault, resisting arrest, menacing, harassment, and obstructing governmental administration. Officer Timothy Reilly claimed that Brim hit him in the head with the mop and put her hand around his neck.
While in Kings County hospital for multiple surgeries to correct the fractures in her leg, Brim was shackled to her bed for 17 days while an officer stood watch at the door. “She was hand- and ankle-cuffed to her hospital bed. They would not allow family or friends to enter," Blum said. "She wasn’t presented before a judicial hearing officer for 17 days. It was pretty egregious.”
“She’s not a flight risk. She cannot run out of the hospital," Blum added. "There’s no need to handcuff and ankle-cuff her. Being handcuffed to a bed—it’s like being a caged animal. It’s outrageous."
Asked to respond to the claims made in Brim's suit, a spokesperson from the City's Law Department writes in an email, "We will review the claims once we receive a formal copy of the lawsuit. Claims in a lawsuit are merely allegations unless and until proven otherwise."
http://gothamist.com/2013/03/10/lawsuit_women_beaten_by_nypd_handcu.php