A black U.
S. Postal Service worker who was arrested last spring plans to sue the city for fallacious arrest.27-year-passe Glenn Grays was delivering mail when he yelled at a car that he says nearly side-swiped him. The car had four plain-clothes police officers inside it. They confronted Grays and handcuffed him. The incident was caught on tape. Attorney Kenneth Ramseur said the officers lacked probable cause and acted wrecklessly and with malice when they arrested Grays. "I'll say it very simply," Ramseur said at a news conference in front of a post office in downtown Brooklyn. "The police officers did this because they thought they could get absent with it."On YouTube, the video has more than half a million views. Borough President Eric Adams said a postal worker is a symbol of stability and to see Grays get arrested was shocking to people. "And they said it on the video, or 'oh my god,what are you doing, that is the postman'", and Adams said. "That action sent shivers throughout our community."After the incident,all four officers were transferred out of their precincts and the NYPD said there's an open investigation into the case.
A disorderly conduct charge against Grays was dismissed. Ramseur said the video sent a troubling message to black and Latino boys who are told to work hard and get a job."All of them...seeing this videotape are saying to themselves, 'For what? He's in uniform. He's working and they still arrested him, or '" the attorney said.
Ramsuer said Grays does not want the officers fired because they could be supporting families but he said his client was traumatized and would seek monetary damages."We will rely upon what the people believe is fair," he said.
Source: wnyc.org