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Charles Pateman

Excessive Force Claims Prompt Lawsuit Against White Plains, PD Excessive Force Claims Prompt Lawsuit Against White Plains, PD
Excessive Force Claims Prompt Lawsuit Against White Plains, PD A 72-year-old man is attempting to sue the city of White Plains and police department, claiming that officers used excessive force during an attempted arrest last year. Charles Pateman is suing the city and its police department after he allegedly attempted to help break up a fight between his fiancee and her daughter last January, but found himself in handcuffs instead. According to multiple reports, police were called to Pateman’s fiancee’s apartment building on Barker Avenue in January last year, and when Pateman arrived to help diffuse the situation, he was not permitted to go upstairs …