REMEMBERING ABNER LOMINA, THE HAITIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WAS SODOMIZED BY BROOKLYN COPS (1973 hits)
Abner Louima, police brutality victim, to stump for Brooklyn DA candidate Ken Thompson
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS--Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant who was sodomized by cops in a Brooklyn police station bathroom in 1997 is returning to the borough — to stump for a new district attorney.
Louima will appear with Brooklyn DA Democratic nominee Ken Thompson and Rev. Al Sharpton on Saturday, which will be followed up with a series of church visits across the borough on Sunday, a spokesman for Thompson’s campaign said Thursday.
Thompson, a former federal prosecutor, worked on the sensational trial that made the immigrant a national symbol of police brutality and ignited racial tensions across the city.
“When we needed justice, Ken Thompson delivered,” Louima, who currently lives in Florida, said in a statement. "There could be no better candidate for Brooklyn District Attorney — and I'm proud to campaign for him."
On Nov. 5, Brooklyn voters will be asked to pull the lever for either Thompson or Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes, who lost the democratic nomination to Thompson in September but opted to run on the Republican line.
Hynes was Brooklyn D.A. when Louima was attacked. His office began prosecuting Volpe and the other officers involved in the vicious assault, but the case was ultimately transferred to federal court — where Thompson delivered the opening statement.
Louima received a record $8.7 million settlement from the city and police unions after the attack.
