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Yonkers cops: Video lawsuit 'frivolous'

Originally published: May 7, 2012 4:32 PM
Updated: May 8, 2012 3:23 PM
By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com

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The head of the Yonkers police union Tuesday brushed off allegations by a woman who claims she was roughed up and arrested merely for videotaping the police as part of "a frivolous lawsuit."

Danielle Taveras, 42, of Yonkers, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and three police officers in the aftermath of the July 10, 2010, incident. She accuses the police officers -- only...

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