City lawyers told a federal court this week that the New York Police Department is not constitutionally required to protect a person from being attacked, a stark position taken in a lawsuit claiming officers failed to shield a woman from a mob in Crown Heights. The filing answers a federal complaint by Amanda Luci, who says she was surrounded, kicked and threatened after being mistaken for a protester during clashes outside a synagogue last spring. The papers set up a legal test of when, if ever, police inaction can be converted into a constitutional violation.
City Moves To Shut Down Lawsuit
Attorneys for the city have asked a judge to toss Luci’s complaint, arguing that the Constitution imposes no affirmative duty on police to protect an individual…..