New York police sued for pepper-spraying 5-month-old baby

New York police sued for pepper-spraying 5-month-old baby



The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is being sued by a woman
who says that officers violated her civil rights when they
pepper-sprayed her entire family — including a 2-year-old child and a
5-month-old baby.
In the lawsuit obtained by Courthouse News Service
on Monday, Marilyn Taylor accuses Officers Maripily Clase, Suranjit Dey
and Jermaine Hodge overacting when they saw her pushing the stroller
through a service entrance instead of going through the subway
turnstile.

According to the complaint, officers told her 4-year-old child that
“everything will be OK,” but then began pepper-spraying the entire
family.

“The pepper-spray caused the children to scream out and choked
the two-year old, who went into fits of vomiting,” the lawsuit says.
“Ms. Taylor was then placed in handcuffs as the minor children cried in
fear and pain.”

The next day, the court agreed give Taylor an adjournment in
contemplation of a dismissal, allowing the charges to be dropped if she
stayed out of trouble.

But things did not turn out as well for the children, who she said
continue to need medical attention because of the pepper spray.

“After the attack, mother and father suffered ongoing eye injuries
and all three children suffer emotional harms, and are now afraid to
ride the subways and become afraid when they see police officers,” the
lawsuit notes. “The four year-old cried herself to sleep for weeks, and
after the incident the two-year-old began waking up in the night crying
for her mother.”

Taylor also claimed that her family has continued to be harassed by
officers since the incident, “forcing them to avoid the MTA through the
Atlantic Avenue stop.”

“The family seeks punitive damages for civil rights violations,
assault, battery, negligence, and violations to the state and federal
constitutions,” Courthouse News Service reported.



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