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File suit against police unions for aiding corrupt cops?!?
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/13/new-york-police-unions-powerfulhttp://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/07/nyregion/federal-suit-in-louima-case-takes-aim-at-pba-policies.html
" Ever since the first guilty verdict in the Abner Louima case in the spring of 1999, no one has much doubted that Mr. Louima would someday be compensated for his suffering.
He had endured a horrific ordeal -- being sodomized with a broken broomstick inside a Brooklyn station house. And then, three separate federal juries found that the officers involved in the case had either personally attacked him or had tried to cover up the assault. "
