Police brutality trial begins

New York - Four policemen went on trial here yesterday accused of torturing Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, after his arrest…

New York - Four policemen went on trial here yesterday accused of torturing Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, after his arrest in Brooklyn in August 1997.

the New York force is also under pressure over a separate case in February, when Amadou Diallo, an unarmed immigrant from Guinea, was shot 41 times. Four police officers have been charged with second-degree murder.

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