"There's nothing more humiliating than being falsely arrested and falsely accused on an improper warrant," said Bruce Baron, the lawyer for Shankar ...
By Denise Buffa
Last Updated: 9:02 AM, September 17, 2009
Posted: 4:13 AM, September 17, 2009
An English professor and poet-in-residence at a Connecticut college yesterday notified the city and NYPD that he intended to file a $10 million lawsuit charging he was falsely arrested in an exasperating case of mistaken identity.
"Always a good day when you can bag a sand n- - - - -," Ravi Shankar alleged one cop said during the July 10 bust at West 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, according to a Hartford Courant op-ed piece he wrote last month.
It was later determined that a different Ravi Shankar had an outstanding arrest warrant in Brooklyn, according to the professor's notice of claim.
"There's nothing more humiliating than being falsely arrested and falsely accused on an improper warrant," said Bruce Baron, the lawyer for Shankar, who teaches at Central Connecticut State.
A spokesman for the city's Law Department said the matter would be reviewed "thoroughly." The NYPD had no immediate comment.
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