abstract:Abner Louima (b. 1966 in Thomassin, Haiti) is a Haitian who was assaulted, brutalized and forcibly sodomized with the handle of a broom by New York City police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub in 1997.
New York City's history includes the cases of AbnerLouima, Patrick Dorismond and Amadou Diallo - all black men who were killed or attacked by police officers.