Julian Cabiness spent two months in jail in 2008 on what was considered a trumped-up murder charge because his father "invoked hostility from the NYPD due to his holding a memorial service for Sean Bell and due to his activism in his community regarding the Bell memorial service," according to a federal lawsuit filed in 2011, says Huff Post.
Young Cabiness accused the cops of a having a "vendetta" against his father. He said the police "effectively chilled the exercise of their First Amendment right." The city settled the suit with Cabiness on June 8.
Julian Cabiness' dad, the Rev. Caesar Cabiness, is the pastor of the Praise Tabernacle Church, which...
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