A Bronx mother of two filed a federal lawsuit against the U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, claiming the federal agents violated her and her family’s Fourth Amendment rights, and should be held liable for assault and false arrest under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Elvayaris Rosa claims she was subjected to unlawful brutality at the hands of numerous unnamed marshals as part of the federal authority’s attempts to apprehend a wanted friend, Disney Abreu.

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