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NYC Settles Police Shooting Lawsuit for $7 Million

NEW YORK (July 28) -- The city of New York has agreed to pay more than $7 million to settle a civil lawsuit stemming from the fatal 50-bullet police shooting of an unarmed man on his wedding day. The settlement filed in Brooklyn federal court on Tuesday pays $3.25 million to the estate of Sean Bell, who was killed in 2006...

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05/11/12 Tom Hanks and Zooey Deschanel Headed for B'way;... Source: Backstage.com Two stars are set for new Broadway productions as the 2011-12 season ends.
05/09/12 End Game: Whose Side Are You On? Source: Daily Politics - New York Daily News Tom Hanks is set to make his Broadway debut next year in a story about the late great Daily News columnist Mike McAlary.
05/06/12 NY1 At 20: 1999 Report Shares Louima's Allegations Of... Source: NY1 News - New York NY On May 6, 1999, Abner Louima took the stand to testify how he was allegedly sodomized by four accused police officers in a stationhouse bathroom.
04/11/12 COLUMN: Avoid a rush to judgement, but avoid a rush... Source: Aiken Standard - Aiken SC One is reminded that the more things change, the more they don't.
04/11/12 America's âgo to guyâ for racism Source: Firedoglake Joe Oliver ; his next door neighbor ; his lawyers.

Background on Abner Louima

Abner Louima (b. 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian who was assaulted, brutalized and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a bathroom plunger by New York City police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub in 1997.

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