Below and here is the federal court complaint filed today by Justin Thomas against the City of New York and two NYPD officers, including Sergeant Viet Cao. The complaint arises from the videotaped April 2013 encounter between Mr. Thomas and Sgt. Cao in which Cao arrested Mr. Thomas for filming the exterior of the NYPD 72nd Precinct station house. Mr. Thomas, a School of Visual Arts senior, was filming to acquire “b-roll footage” for his senior class video project.
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