Hempstead Man Sues Nassau County Police Department For Wrongful Arrest
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Phifer repeatedly insisted to the officers that they had the wrong individual, and he had been at the doctor's office since earlier that morning.
Brewington said that police had been searching for a man named Leroy, and the video showed the officers holding a prescription he had been given.
Patrick Ryder, the [police] commissioner, and Nassau County know that there is a path pattern and practice of arresting African Americans at a much higher rate than white individuals.
It's outrageous. And the numbers have not gone down. They are going up. So when we talk about Nassau County being the safest county in the nation, who is it safe for?
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