NYPD officers were prepared to make mass arrests during the Gays Against Bush march on 29 Aug. 2004 in Union Square. During the 2004 Republican National Convention, the NYPD made unlawful arrests of journalists, legal observers, and others -- violations of civil liberties repeated again in 2012 and 2020, without consequence. Progress New York/File Photograph

Top Federal attorney in charge of enforcing First Amendment rights and civil liberties ducks responsibility over deliberate NYPD arrests of legal observers

U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman is ducking responsibility over NYPD violations of civil liberties following the deliberate arrests of legal observers at a Bronx protest. Past arrests of legal observers have been ruled unlawful by Federal Courts.

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U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue has neglected to enforce the Federal civil rights of protesters, but he has made it a priority to treat allegations of assault against NYPD officers as potential acts of domestic terrorism without public explanation to ensure public confidence is maintained in the work of his office. Screenshot of YouTube video : Source : U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York (Fair Use)

Anti-racism protesters reportedly beaten at Cadman Plaza, near the office of Brooklyn U.S. Attorney

U.S. Attorney Richard Donoghue has neglected to enforce the Constitutional and Federal civil rights of protesters and jail inmates at the same time he appears to give preferential treatment to NYPD officers.

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