05-18-2005, 08:53 PM
Rakesh sharma the filmmaker who has minted money from his film on the Gujarat riots is in trouble with .........<span style='color:#FF6600'><b>NYPD</b>
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 Date: May 16, 2005 2:11 PM
 Subject: NYPD harasses Indian film-maker : Formal complaint
 To: ambassador@..., indembwash@..., sr2140@..., AppadurA@..., daniels@...,
 director@..., Jsp.inb@..., kadidal@..., rohan@..., tony@...
 I am a film-maker from India, currently on a screening tour across US  universities with my film Final Solution. The film has won over a dozen international awards ( at filmfests in Berlin, HongKong, Zanzibar, Nantes in France, Munich, Karachi, Bangkok and USA). In March 2005, the film won the prestigious Freedom Of Expression award given by Index on Censorship, a UK-based organisation that monitors instances of censorship worldwide. The New York based Center for Constitutional Rights won the same award in the "legal" category.
 Please find enclosed a complaint against harassment and intimidation by NYPD that I faced while taking some random city shots in Manhattan on May 13. <b>Briefly put, NYPD's officer(s) not just 'detained' me for nearly 3 hours but also assaulted me physically and verbally and violated my artistic and civil rights.</b> The attachment contains a letter to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the body which monitors instances of rights abuses by NYPD. The letter is copied to several others including the Indian Ambassador to USA, NYPD, the Center for Constitutional Rights and ACLU. <span style='color:#FF6600'><b>While details of the incident are contained in the attached letter, among other things, an NYPD detective snatched my camera, 'detained' me and said to me - " We know how to deal with you guys, asshole".</b> </span><!--emo&:guitar--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guitar.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='guitar.gif' /><!--endemo-->
 I am deeply outraged and request you for help to ensure that appropriate action is taken against NYPD officer(s) responsible for the abuse of my rights.
 Yours Sincerely
 Rakesh Sharma
 US cell : 201 920 0537
 India cell : +91 98203 43103
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->From: Rakesh Sharma
 Date: May 16, 2005 2:11 PM
 Subject: NYPD harasses Indian film-maker : Formal complaint
 To: ambassador@..., indembwash@..., sr2140@..., AppadurA@..., daniels@...,
 director@..., Jsp.inb@..., kadidal@..., rohan@..., tony@...
 I am a film-maker from India, currently on a screening tour across US  universities with my film Final Solution. The film has won over a dozen international awards ( at filmfests in Berlin, HongKong, Zanzibar, Nantes in France, Munich, Karachi, Bangkok and USA). In March 2005, the film won the prestigious Freedom Of Expression award given by Index on Censorship, a UK-based organisation that monitors instances of censorship worldwide. The New York based Center for Constitutional Rights won the same award in the "legal" category.
 Please find enclosed a complaint against harassment and intimidation by NYPD that I faced while taking some random city shots in Manhattan on May 13. <b>Briefly put, NYPD's officer(s) not just 'detained' me for nearly 3 hours but also assaulted me physically and verbally and violated my artistic and civil rights.</b> The attachment contains a letter to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the body which monitors instances of rights abuses by NYPD. The letter is copied to several others including the Indian Ambassador to USA, NYPD, the Center for Constitutional Rights and ACLU. <span style='color:#FF6600'><b>While details of the incident are contained in the attached letter, among other things, an NYPD detective snatched my camera, 'detained' me and said to me - " We know how to deal with you guys, asshole".</b> </span><!--emo&:guitar--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/guitar.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='guitar.gif' /><!--endemo-->
 I am deeply outraged and request you for help to ensure that appropriate action is taken against NYPD officer(s) responsible for the abuse of my rights.
 Yours Sincerely
 Rakesh Sharma
 US cell : 201 920 0537
 India cell : +91 98203 43103
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