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Jul 10, 2021

Federal Court Denies NYC’s Bid to Dismiss Lawsuit Over Summer 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests

For Immediate Release July 10, 2021 Contact: David Rankin, 212-277-5825, 917-455-0609 drankin@blhny.com J. Remy Green 312-203-8618, 929-88-89480 remy@femmelaw.com On July 10, 2021, United States District Judge Colleen McMahon issued a 45-page decision and order denying virtually all of the City of New York’s motion to dismiss claims in six federal civil rights lawsuits challenging the City’s and the NYPD’s brutal attacks on last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests a

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