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Abner Louima (born November 24, 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian American man who, in 1997, was physically attacked, brutalized, and raped by officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) after he was arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub. His injuries were so severe that he required three major surgeries.
The horrific attack in the bathroom of an NYPD precinct house in Brooklyn changed New York, but maybe not enough.
Aug 9, 2007 · Ten years ago today, a 30-year-old Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima was arrested and sodomized with a broomstick inside a restroom in the 70th Precinct station house in Brooklyn. The case...
Jun 17, 2021 · Almost 24 years after the police brutality incident in Flatbush, survivor Abner Louima said he still worries about the safety of his children, when interacting with police. Yet, the Haitian-American activist sees reason for hope in the Black Lives Matter movement of recent years, that intensified after George Floyd’s May 2020 murder.
Jun 13, 2023 · Abner Louima, who was sodomized by ex-NYPD cop Justin Volpe in a 1997 attack that shocked the nation, told The Post on Tuesday he has forgiven his attacker — but will never forget.
Jun 9, 1999 · One police officer was convicted yesterday of joining in the torture of Abner Louima in a Brooklyn station house, but three others were acquitted in the case, which turned the plight of a Haitian...
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Nov 26, 2014 · Edwidge Danticat on Abner Louima, Michael Brown, and a history of police brutality against African-American men, in New York and elsewhere.
