Occupy Wall Street Protester Pepper Sprayed By NYPD Cops As She Tried To Use A Starbucks Bathroom! (Court Rules She Can Sue For Excessive Force)

A Court rules that an Occupy Wall Street protestor who was peppered sprayed by NYPD cops can sue for excessive force. On November 15, 2011, a few hours after NYPD officers raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park, two police officers arrested and pepper-sprayed 23-year-old protester Imani Brown outside of a downtown Starbucks where she was hoping to use the bathroom. Brown filed a civil suit this June, accusing officers Justin Naimoli and Theodore Plevritis of falsely arresting her, and using "excessive force." The suit was dismissed in district court, but yesterday the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan reversed the excessive force claim. The court upheld the district court's dismissal of the false arrest claim. Via NYDN. Posted By Persist