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Marchers Gather to Protest Overturned Convictions of 3 White Police Officers in Abner Louima Torture Case

HeadlineMar 04, 2002

More than 150 marchers gathered outside a federal courthouse in New York on Sunday to protest the overturning of the convictions of three white police officers in the torture case of Haitian immigrant Abner Louima. Meanwhile, the Reverend Al Sharpton meets today with New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. Sharpton and other civil rights leaders are threatening mass protests and civil disobedience if the officers are allowed back on the force. Last Thursday, a federal appeals court ordered a new trial for officer Charles Schwarz, who denies he was in the bathroom when officer Justin Volpe sodomized Louima with a broken broomstick in 1997. The court also found there was insufficient evidence to sustain the obstruction of justice convictions of Schwarz and officers Thomas Wiese and Thomas Bruder.

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