August 2020 \ Diaspora News \ FOCUS—USA
INDIAN ORIGIN DOCTOR TO SUE POLICE

An Indian American doctor known for his work among ...

By Arul Louis

He is also a campaigner for healthcare reforms in the US. He wrote that the incident began when he was driving into a building he owns and saw a car parked there blocking his garage and honked. When the policeman came from the vehicle with his gun drawn, Parmar wrote that he began recording on his cell phone when he heard a noise like the gun being cocked. The policeman shouted an obscenity at him and had the gun at his head, he wrote. And he when he asked him to leave his property he demanded he prove that he owns the property, which also houses facilities and asylum seekers.

Lane told KUSA TV station that anytime police draws a gun it is considered “use of force.” He was prepared to not file the suit if the Aurora Police Department would sit down with them and discuss the matter. In a lawsuit the jury can only award him money at the expense of taxpayers but “they can’t fire the cops, they can’t change policies,” he explained, according to the station. While the national spotlight is on police conduct, there was a recent incident of alleged brutality against an Indian origin man.




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