A once popular, but now defunct, Brooklyn nightclub has launched a federal civil-rights lawsuit alleging that it was illegally targeted by the New York City Police Department for harassment and closure because of the minority makeup of its business owner and customers.
The bikini-clad dancer club, known as Club Love & Lust and formerly located near the Barclays Center, has filed a 23-page complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The suit claims that the NYPD engaged in a campaign of “unlawful selective enforcement” against it because of the race and/or national origin of the business owner, patrons and other stakeholders.
