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NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who was shoved to the ground by a New York City police officer during a protest over the death of George Floyd in a widely seen video has sued the city in federal court.
Dounya Zayer said in a lawsuit filed Monday that she was “brutally struck” by a police officer at a May 29 protest in Brooklyn as she exercised her constitutional right to protest.
Bystander video of the altercation was viewed millions of times on Twitter and spurred outrage among protesters and elected officials. The officer was charged with assault and suspended without pay.
This is the officer. He threw my phone before throwing me. As you can see I was already backing up. All I asked was why. pic.twitter.com/8mct5GrztV
— Dounya Zayer (@zayer_dounya) May 30, 2020
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. A spokesperson for the city’s law department said they would review the case.
