Three people who claimed they were pepper sprayed by police officers at an Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan have filed lawsuits against the City, its police department and several police officers.
The defendants, Kelly Hanlin, Damien Crisp and Julie Lawler, say their constitutional rights were violated when they were sprayed by a chemical during a march from Zuccotti Park to Union Square on Sept. 24.
A video of the protest that went viral shows Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna blasting a cluster of people with pepper spray. Two women crumple on the sidewalk in pain. Bologna was later docked 10 vacation days in a disciplinary action and was transferred to Staten Island, closer to where he lives.
A spokesman for the city's Law Department told The New York Times they hadn't viewed the lawsuits, which were filed on Tuesday.
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