After the violent arrest of Kaleemah Rozier was caught on video by a bystander in New York City, the 22-year-old mom says she plans to file a $10 million lawsuit against police for excessive force after the arrest for improperly wearing a face mask.
When she was asked to put the face mask on properly or get “ejected from the station,” a NYPD spokeswoman said Rozier refused and cursed at the officers.
Police told a New York news outlet that after the arrest, Rozier threatened to cough on the officers.
Eighteen states, including Maryland, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia are seeing a downward trend in cases.
Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham explains how the prevalence of nursing homes, geriatric care centers and retirement communities makes Florida the next potential coronavirus hotspot.
