{"incident_date":"2014-05-02","received_date":"2014-07-09","close_date":"2015-06-04","borough":"Bronx","precinct":41,"location_type":"Street/highway","contact_reason":"C/V intervened on behalf of/observed encounter w/3rd party","contact_outcome":"No arrest made or summons issued","disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","evidence_bwc":false,"evidence_video":false,"precinct_command_id":"41pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Threat of arrest","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":906838,"officer_id":"DG3F"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Threat of arrest","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":906839,"officer_id":"E5ND"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Other","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":910103,"officer_id":"PTJM"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Other","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":910106,"officer_id":"9HQB"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Other","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":910107,"officer_id":"DG3F"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Other","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":910108,"officer_id":"PTJM"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":37,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":911979,"officer_id":"9HQB"}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_trial_ccrb_recommended_penalty":"Forfeit vacation 8 days","apu_case_status":"Closed: Not guilty after trial-PC Approved","apu_closing_date":"2016-10-14","nypd_disposition":"APU Not guilty","officer_id":"9HQB"},{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_trial_ccrb_recommended_penalty":"Forfeit vacation 8 days","apu_case_status":"Closed: Not guilty after trial-PC Approved","apu_closing_date":"2016-10-14","nypd_disposition":"APU Not guilty","officer_id":"PTJM"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25977798-201406842-redactedclosingreport-redacted/","type":"closing-report"}],"summary":"On May 2, 2014, at approximately 9:30 p.m. (the complainant/victim provided the time as between 7:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., but the investigation credited the time recorded on NYPD documentation), at East 156th Street and Beck Street in the Bronx, [redacted] and his wife, [redacted] happened upon the arrest of an individual identified via the investigation as [redacted] by officers of the 41st Precinct. [redacted] alleged the following: When he began taking photographs, PO Rafael Aquino and Sgt. Christian Hernandez told him this was illegal and he was not allowed to do this (Allegations A and B). When [redacted] invoked his First Amendment right to take photographs, Sgt. Hernandez threatened to arrest him for disorderly conduct (Allegation C) and PO Emilio Estevez implied that he could not spell amendment (Allegation D). PO Estevez and PO Aquino pointed their flashlights at his camera in an attempt to interfere with his ability to take photographs (Allegations E and F). Sgt. Dervent Williams told him that he would be arrested the next time he took photographs and \"crossed the line\" (Allegation G). He was neither arrested nor issued a summons. PO Aquino made no memo book entries regarding the incident (Allegation H).","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Almonte","first_name":"Rodolfo","officer_id":"R6YM"},{"last_name":"Polidoro","first_name":"Richard","officer_id":"NA7K"},{"last_name":"Rodriguez","first_name":"Pete","officer_id":"9RZM"},{"last_name":"Samuels","first_name":"Shane","officer_id":"N3AB"}],"id":201406842,"updated_date":"2025-10-02T13:04:00.971Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/201406842"}