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NYCLU Calls for Investigation into NYPD Actions During RNC

HeadlineSep 07, 2004

The New York Civil Liberties Union is urging the New York City Council and New York state Attorney General to conduct a full investigation into police practices during the Republican National Convention. The NYCLU said it was particularly concerned with the department’s use of mass pre-emptive arrests, pervasive police surveillance, excessive delays in processing arrestees and the conditions at Pier 57 where many of the 1800 arrested were held. Detainees reported being held in a former bus depot covered with soot and oil__. The civil liberties union has announced it is testing a sample gathered by a medic who was detained.

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