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(CNN)The dashcam video shows a police officer driving his vehicle in the wrong lane, then swerving sharply before stopping in the middle of the road in Upstate New York.
The officer exits the car and draws his weapon.
The ensuing moments are when parole officer Mario Alexandre said the police officers participating in the Rockland County stop violated his civil rights, along with those of three of his fellow parole officers.
"I was violently pulled out of the vehicle, and I was slammed against the vehicle," Alexandre told CNN's Jason Carroll.
Alexandre and his colleagues -- Sheila Penister, Annette Thomas-Prince and Samuel Washington -- are all black New York State Parole officers. The parole officers have filed a civil lawsuit, alleging that they were racially profiled by the white officers and that their detainment was unnecessarily malicious and reckless.
The parole officers contend that the Ramapo Police Department and the city "failed to adequately train ... its police officers concerning the rights of citizens, in particular against racial bias/profiling and the use of force," according to the lawsuit.
Ramapo Town Assistant Attorney Dennis Lynch said called the actions of the police officers "reasonable under the circumstances" and that the "parole officers had not notified the town that they would be in town."
On the morning of April 21, 2014, the parole officers were on their way back from attempting to execute an arrest warrant when they were stopped on the side of the road by police officers, some of whom had their weapons drawn.
Black parole officers file suit against white police - CNN.com
Have you seen the video?
The officer exits the car and draws his weapon.
The ensuing moments are when parole officer Mario Alexandre said the police officers participating in the Rockland County stop violated his civil rights, along with those of three of his fellow parole officers.
"I was violently pulled out of the vehicle, and I was slammed against the vehicle," Alexandre told CNN's Jason Carroll.
Alexandre and his colleagues -- Sheila Penister, Annette Thomas-Prince and Samuel Washington -- are all black New York State Parole officers. The parole officers have filed a civil lawsuit, alleging that they were racially profiled by the white officers and that their detainment was unnecessarily malicious and reckless.
The parole officers contend that the Ramapo Police Department and the city "failed to adequately train ... its police officers concerning the rights of citizens, in particular against racial bias/profiling and the use of force," according to the lawsuit.
Ramapo Town Assistant Attorney Dennis Lynch said called the actions of the police officers "reasonable under the circumstances" and that the "parole officers had not notified the town that they would be in town."
On the morning of April 21, 2014, the parole officers were on their way back from attempting to execute an arrest warrant when they were stopped on the side of the road by police officers, some of whom had their weapons drawn.
Black parole officers file suit against white police - CNN.com
Have you seen the video?