Two black lawmakers who said that they were rammed with bicycles while being surrounded by police during a Black Lives Matter protest last year, filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against the city on Jun 28.
The legal action was taken by state Senator Zellnor Myrie and Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, both Democrats, for allegedly having their free-speech rights violated by police. It further claims that Myrie was pepper-sprayed and illegally detained.
