Below is the complaint filed by Chenin Duclos this week against the City of New York and several police officers. Plaintiff was one of the several bystanders shot by NYPD officers as they attempted to apprehend suspected shooter Jeffrey Johnson near the Empire State Building last August. Specifically, Duclos asserts the following causes of action: (1)…
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