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Category Archives: Abuse of State Power
Can store security personnel be sued as ‘state actors?’
Yes. Store security personnel can be sued as 'state actors' “Section 1983”, more formally Title 42 § USC 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, states that a private individual or entity that carries out a public duty engages in state action and...
Read More ›Can private parties be sued as ‘state actors?’
Yes. Private parties can be sued as 'state actors' under Section 1983 Although state actors are generally governmental employees’ including the state and local levels, private parties may be deemed a state actor for the purposes of a Section 1983...
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NYPD Cop Files Suit for $30M Alleging Sexual Harassment
New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 Million Dollar state lawsuit that the NYPD fosters a sexually charged work atmosphere where male supervisors can openly abuse their female subordinates...
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NYPD Reforms Interacting With the TGNC Community
The LGBT Pride Month is drawing to a close but New York City will continue its observance of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender citizens' rights. In accordance with its courtesy, professional, and respect strategy, the New York Police...
Read More ›The State of New York’s LGBT Community
For the fourth consecutive year, President Barack Obama has declared June the “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”: the 30-day period for pondering the rights of the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) citizens. Once...
Read More ›The Gay-Straight Alliance
The lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) community has come to be identified with “queer” people and with the HIV-affected. Thus the lengthened initialism, LGBTQH. Then there is the LGBTA, where “A” stands for allies:...
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