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Security company, guard sued over alleged assaults of homeless at North Station

Michael Hathaway, 52, is homeless. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe

Four homeless people who say they were assaulted by guards at North Station last year sued a former guard and the security company he worked for, Allied Universal, on Thursday, alleging the company’s negligence led to the violent episodes.

Security video from TD Garden allegedly showed an Allied Universal guard shoving a disabled homeless man, Michael Hathaway, into a door and smashing the man’s cane across his face. MBTA Transit Police arrested the security guard, Rene Norestant Jr., on assault charges, after inquiries from the Globe about the Dec. 22 incident.

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