Abner Louima (born November 24, 1966[1] in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian American man who, in 1997, was physically attacked, brutalized, and raped by officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) after he was arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub. His injuries were so severe that he required three major surgeries.
Officers responsible for the attack were charged and convicted in federal court, and Justin Volpe was sentenced to federal prison to serve a 30-year sentence. In 2001, Louima received a US$8.75 million settlement (equivalent to about $15M in 2023) in his civil suit against the city for police brutality, the largest civil settlement at that time for such abuse. He has set up the Abner Louima Foundation to establish a hospital and community centers in Haiti, Florida, and New York for Haitian residents, immigrants, and others in need.
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AbnerLouima (born November 24, 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian American man who, in 1997, was physically attacked, brutalized, and raped by officers...
Louima is a Haitian surname. Notable people with the surname include: AbnerLouima (born 1966), Haitian American police brutality victim Bendson Louima...
are willing to accept this verdict." Cochran successfully represented AbnerLouima, a Haitian immigrant living in Brooklyn who was sodomized with a broken...
Volpe in Brooklyn sodomized AbnerLouima with a broken broom handle in a 70th Precinct bathroom after lying about Abner attacking him and arresting him...
national press in 1997 with the anti-police brutality single "The Ballad of AbnerLouima" with Patti Smith on background vocals. With less than 100 copies printed...
practice, either alone or as a member of a team include: AbnerLouima (The City of New York v. AbnerLouima, 1997), a Haitian immigrant who had been tortured...
Commentary for his multi-part series of columns (published in 1997) on AbnerLouima, who was sodomized and tortured by New York City police officers. In...
restrained and sexually assaulted innocent suspect AbnerLouima in the precinct's restroom. Louima received a settlement from the city of $8.7 million...
for his columns exposing police brutality against Haitian immigrant AbnerLouima. He was sued for libel by a woman he had falsely accused of lying in...
the sexual torture of AbnerLouima and the killing of Amadou Diallo. In a case less nationally publicized than those of Louima and Diallo, unarmed bar...
views US culture as deeply infected with racism and misogyny, tying the AbnerLouima case to torture in Abu Ghraib, and arguing that in Iraq, "American male...
New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir described the attack on AbnerLouima. Police brutality critics, such as law professor Susan Bandes, have argued...
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Attorney, Lynch oversaw prosecution of New York City police officers in the AbnerLouima case. In 2001, Lynch left the U.S. Attorney's office to become a partner...
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songs written by Ted Leo and the Pharmacists except where indicated. "AbnerLouima v. Gov. Pete Wilson" (written and originally performed by Ted Leo and...
City's most expensive individual settlement due to police misconduct. AbnerLouima was abused by NYPD personnel while in custody in 1997 and settled in...
shootings of unarmed suspects, and the scandals surrounding the torture of AbnerLouima and the killings of Amadou Diallo, Gidone Busch and Patrick Dorismond...
is robbed and murdered by his former student Corey Arthur. August 9: AbnerLouima is beaten and sodomized with a plunger at the 70th Precinct house in...
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