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NYC arrest video shows ex-tennis pro being thrown to ground
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/claims-force-dog-officer-ex-tennis-pros-nyc-163233973--spt.html#NEW YORK (AP) — Video surveillance released Friday of the mistaken arrest of former tennis star James Blake shows a plainclothes police officer who has a history of excessive-force complaints grabbing Blake by the arm and tackling him to the ground.
Officer James Frascatore's rough arrest of the hometown favorite outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Wednesday prompted apologies from New York City's mayor and police commissioner.
Frascatore was the subject of four civilian complaints in a seven-month period of 2013, and he has been named in two federal civil rights lawsuits as being among a group of officers accused of beating, pepper spraying and falsely arresting two Queens men in separate incidents that year.
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Just watch the video. He is minding his own business. Honestly this needs to stop now!
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