Jazmine Headley, whose chaotic arrest went viral after her one-year-old son was taken from her during the encounter at a public benefits office in Brooklyn, has filed a lawsuit against New York City seeking damages.

Headley is represented by attorneys with Manhattan law firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, which filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Wednesday.

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