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A retired Nassau corrections officer plans to sue the Garden City Police Department for allegedly violating his civil rights.
Retired Nassau County corrections officer Ronald Lanier sobbed as his attorney shared the story of what he says was a brutal false arrest. Lanier is an Army veteran and a Ground Zero volunteer. He says he was shopping in Western Beef in Mineola last Wednesday evening when Garden City police officers grabbed him from behind, handcuffed him and threw him to the ground and beat him.
In an attempt to get the officers to stop, he told them he was on the job to indicate he was also a member of law enforcement. He then yelled for people nearby to record the incident.
Lanier says he was thrown into the back of a squad car, where he was verbally abused. He says he managed to snap a picture of the officers with his cellphone.
Garden City police would not identify them or comment on the case.
Police do say that at the time of the incident, they were looking for another man, Stephen Wilson, who allegedly had just stolen designer handbags from Lord & Taylor. Police chased Wilson through Mineola until he exited his car. Police followed Wilson into the Western Beef but officers allegedly grabbed Lanier instead of Wilson.
Lanier says he plans to sue both the police department and the village.
"I’m tired of hearing we have to retrain,” says Lanier. “We have to let them know they have to be held accountable for their actions. You can train all day, but you can't change the heart."
Retired Nassau County corrections officer Ronald Lanier sobbed as his attorney shared the story of what he says was a brutal false arrest. Lanier is an Army veteran and a Ground Zero volunteer. He says he was shopping in Western Beef in Mineola last Wednesday evening when Garden City police officers grabbed him from behind, handcuffed him and threw him to the ground and beat him.
In an attempt to get the officers to stop, he told them he was on the job to indicate he was also a member of law enforcement. He then yelled for people nearby to record the incident.
Lanier says he was thrown into the back of a squad car, where he was verbally abused. He says he managed to snap a picture of the officers with his cellphone.
Garden City police would not identify them or comment on the case.
Police do say that at the time of the incident, they were looking for another man, Stephen Wilson, who allegedly had just stolen designer handbags from Lord & Taylor. Police chased Wilson through Mineola until he exited his car. Police followed Wilson into the Western Beef but officers allegedly grabbed Lanier instead of Wilson.
Lanier says he plans to sue both the police department and the village.
"I’m tired of hearing we have to retrain,” says Lanier. “We have to let them know they have to be held accountable for their actions. You can train all day, but you can't change the heart."