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Abner Louima (born November 24, 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian American man who, in 1997, was physically attacked, brutalized, and raped by officers of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) after he was arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub. His injuries were so severe that he required three major surgeries.
The horrific attack in the bathroom of an NYPD precinct house in Brooklyn changed New York, but maybe not enough.
Aug 9, 2007 · Ten years ago today, a 30-year-old Haitian immigrant named Abner Louima was arrested and sodomized with a broomstick inside a restroom in the 70th Precinct station house in Brooklyn.
Abner Louima, a 31-year-old, who was born in Haiti, is the son of a tailor and a homemaker. He worked as a security guard. On the night of August 9, 1997, following an altercation in a Haitian nightclub in Brooklyn, where he was out with friends, he was arrested, then brutally beaten and raped with a broken broomstick by New York police.
Jun 17, 2021 · “I’m very fortunate and blessed to be alive today,” said Abner Louima, 54. “I embrace every second, especially with my family.” Those were Louima’s opening words during a June 16 special-edition community conversation hosted by The Haitian Times.
Aug 17, 2017 · Abner Louima, an activist against police brutality, is unfortunately best known for being brutalized, sexually assaulted, and savagely beaten by New York Police Department officers in 1997. Louima was born in 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti, the oldest of his parents’ four children.
News about Abner Louima, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Jun 23, 2002 · Jim Dwyer profile of Abner Louima, New York City police torture victim; focuses on his efforts to rebuild his life in Florida, effort disrupted by retrial of former police officer Charles...
Feb 28, 2002 · Aug. 9, 1997: After a night of dancing to live music at Club Rendez-vous on Flatbush Avenue, Abner Louima, a 33-year-old Haitian immigrant, joined a swirling crowd outside the club, watching two...
Aug 9, 2021 · Although nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the NYPD’s brutal beating and savage sexual assault of Black Haitian immigrant Abner Louima on Aug. 9, 1997. The incident sparked a...
