Suspect: Cop Used Racial Slur ; Man Suing for Alleged Brutality Says Officer Whispered Insult

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FORT LEE - A Camden County man who is suing Fair Lawn for alleged police brutality said Wednesday that an officer whispered a racial slur in his ear as the officer arrested him on warrants for outstanding traffic tickets.

"As he put the cuffs on me, he whispered [the racial insult]," Truluck Legette said. "He called me dirt. He was just looking for something he could charge me with."

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Suspect: Cop Used Racial Slur ; Man Suing for Alleged Brutality Says Officer Whispered Insult

Speaking for the first time publicly since his attorney, Edward Capozzi, released a video of the alleged beating Wednesday, Legette, 19, also denied police ...

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