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NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Mar 4, 2016 12:09pm EST
NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest
NEW YORK | BY JONATHAN STEMPEL
The New York City Police Department has been sued for having allegedly injured demonstrators at a protest over the death of Eric Garner by using military-grade sound cannons to disperse them.
According to a complaint filed on Thursday night against the NYPD and Commissioner William Bratton, five plaintiffs suffered ear damage and other injuries after being targeted at an early morning protest on Dec. 5, 2014 in midtown Manhattan by one of the NYPD's Long Range Acoustic Devices, or LRADs.
Police can use the devices as loudspeakers, or to disperse crowds through volumes that can top 120 decibels, louder than a sandblaster or power saw.
The plaintiffs Anika Edrei, Shay Horse, James Craven, Keegan Stephan and Michael Nusbaum included photojournalists, a photographer, a graduate student and an activist.
They had been protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer whose chokehold on Garner, an unarmed black man, led to Garner's July 2014 death.
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NYPD is sued for using sound cannons at Eric Garner protest
NEW YORK | BY JONATHAN STEMPEL
The New York City Police Department has been sued for having allegedly injured demonstrators at a protest over the death of Eric Garner by using military-grade sound cannons to disperse them.
According to a complaint filed on Thursday night against the NYPD and Commissioner William Bratton, five plaintiffs suffered ear damage and other injuries after being targeted at an early morning protest on Dec. 5, 2014 in midtown Manhattan by one of the NYPD's Long Range Acoustic Devices, or LRADs.
Police can use the devices as loudspeakers, or to disperse crowds through volumes that can top 120 decibels, louder than a sandblaster or power saw.
The plaintiffs Anika Edrei, Shay Horse, James Craven, Keegan Stephan and Michael Nusbaum included photojournalists, a photographer, a graduate student and an activist.
They had been protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer whose chokehold on Garner, an unarmed black man, led to Garner's July 2014 death.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-police-lawsuit-idUSKCN0W61WY