"We Got the Right Spic": Innocent Man Who Spent Year in Rikers to Sue City
Andy Cush · 03/11/16 02:35PMEnger Javier, a Bronx man who was arrested for manslaughter and spent a year in Rikers Island before charges against him were dropped in February, will file a lawsuit against the City of New York on Monday. In the suit, Javier’s attorney alleges that an NYPD detective said, “We got the right spic,” in reference to his arrest, and that he was repeatedly denied when he asked for a lawyer.