The NYPD’s relatively new policy of handcuffing almost all people during their first court appearance unfairly violates defendants’ civil rights, according to a class-action lawsuit filed late Thursday by the city’s largest public defender group.  The Legal Aid Society contends the practice defies the due process standard enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, and is “dehumanizing” […]

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