41.   The incident took place in the same bathroom where Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant, would later be tortured.

42.   The next attack, on Fenelus, came in August, just six weeks after the Haitian immigrant started driving.

43.   The Louima case quickly became a symbol for what some New Yorkers, including many Haitian immigrants, consider an increase in police brutality under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

44.   The status of the federal investigation has been a main topic of conversation on radio talk programs geared to Haitian immigrants.

45.   The same ruling applies to a similar suit filed by another Haitian immigrant, Patrick Antoine, who prosecutors say was beaten by Volpe after the brawl.

46.   The veteran incumbent Rhoda Jacobs faces Samuel Nicolas, cousin of Abner Louima, the Haitian immigrant brutally injured in police custody last year.

47.   The task force was put together last week after Abner Louima, a Haitian immigrant, was allegedly beaten and sexually assaulted by police officers in Brooklyn.

48.   Three students also held up toilet plungers, a reminder of the case of a Haitian immigrant who prosecutors say was abused by police officers.

49.   Volpe had said he thought that Louima, a Haitian immigrant, had hit him during a scuffle with the police.

50.   Vinegrad dwelt at length on how police treated Patrick Antoine, another Haitian immigrant who was arrested that night.