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Trump security guards assaulted protesters on NY sidewalk, lawsuit claims
Source: Reuters
US | Wed Sep 9, 2015 6:23pm EDT
Trump security guards assaulted protesters on NY sidewalk, lawsuit claims
NEW YORK | BY EMILY FLITTER
Five people are suing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claiming his private security team assaulted them on a Manhattan sidewalk as they protested outside Trump's office, according to a filing on Wednesday in New York state court.
The suit names Trump personally, the Trump Organization and Trump's security director Keith Schiller. It also addresses four unnamed members of Trump's security team.
According to the suit, Schiller and the four other security guards attacked the group while they were demonstrating against Trump's statements on Mexican immigrants. Guards took their signs and told them to leave. One of the demonstrators, Efrain Galicia, said in the complaint Schiller punched him in the head after he tried to wrest back a sign Schiller had taken away.
"Fortunately there was video that completely refutes that," said Alan Garten, a lawyer for Trump. Garten said the video showed Galicia attacking Schiller.
The local TV news station NY1 filmed and broadcast the incident, which it described as a "scuffle."
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Trump security guards assaulted protesters on NY sidewalk, lawsuit claims
NEW YORK | BY EMILY FLITTER
Five people are suing Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump claiming his private security team assaulted them on a Manhattan sidewalk as they protested outside Trump's office, according to a filing on Wednesday in New York state court.
The suit names Trump personally, the Trump Organization and Trump's security director Keith Schiller. It also addresses four unnamed members of Trump's security team.
According to the suit, Schiller and the four other security guards attacked the group while they were demonstrating against Trump's statements on Mexican immigrants. Guards took their signs and told them to leave. One of the demonstrators, Efrain Galicia, said in the complaint Schiller punched him in the head after he tried to wrest back a sign Schiller had taken away.
"Fortunately there was video that completely refutes that," said Alan Garten, a lawyer for Trump. Garten said the video showed Galicia attacking Schiller.
The local TV news station NY1 filmed and broadcast the incident, which it described as a "scuffle."
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit-idUSKCN0R92QS20150909
