Chaumtoli Haq, a former top Muslim lawyer of New York, filed a lawsuit against the NY Police Department for alleged police brutality.
The Bangladeshi-origin lawyer was arrested by the NY police in Times Square after leaving a pro-Palestinian rally in July and without any legal basis, the police grabbed Ms Huq, turned her and pushed her against the wall.
What happened, according to Huq’s lawsuit, was “unreasonable and wholly unprovoked force” on the part of the police. In addition to the lawsuit, Huq filed a complaint with the NYPD Civilian Complaint Review Board, according to DNAinfo.
A federal lawsuit against the NYPD for targeting Muslims may be next.
