Harlem Restaurant Owner, Employees Sue City for Wrongful Arrest

Harlem Restaurant Owner, Employees Sue City for Wrongful Arrest

The one place a wealthy black business owner might least expect to be arrested on flimsy charges by the police would be at a popular restaurant he owns in the heart of Harlem. But that’s what happened to Clyde Pemberton, the owner of MIST Harlem, who along with two of his employees sued the New York Police Department last week in Manhattan federal court for false arrest and violating his civil rights. His lawyers say the entire incident suggested racial bias and was an example of the kind of interactions with law enforcement that often strain the department’s relationship with ...

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/03/...r-employees-sue-city-for-wrongful-arrest.html