Two women who were assaulted at the scene of a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Crown Heights earlier this year have filed civil lawsuits against New York City, saying NYPD officers failed to protect them from the crowds that attacked them.

The federal lawsuits, filed by attorney Leo Glickman, say the incident on Eastern Parkway in April is part of a broader pattern of NYPD officers failing to protect protesters who promote pro-Palestinian viewpoints and other causes that the suit labels as left-wing.

The lawsuits point to an NYPD training manual that cites only left-wing demonstrations as violent, including anti-Trump demonstrations, Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter. In the case of the Crown Heights incident, the suits say, a bias by the NYPD against pro-Palestinian protest

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