{"incident_date":"2014-02-01","received_date":"2015-02-11","close_date":"2015-06-30","borough":"Brooklyn","precinct":70,"location_type":"Apartment/house","contact_reason":"PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - bldg","contact_outcome":"Arrest - other violation/crime","disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","evidence_bwc":false,"evidence_video":true,"precinct_command_id":"70pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton)","victim_age_incident":20,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","id":911656,"officer_id":"VMN9"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Refusal to obtain medical treatment","victim_age_incident":20,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":912358,"officer_id":"BAXK"},{"fado_type":"Discourtesy","allegation":"Word","victim_age_incident":20,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":912361,"officer_id":"BAXK"},{"fado_type":"Abuse of Authority","allegation":"Refusal to obtain medical treatment","victim_age_incident":"18-20","victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Officer(s) Unidentified","id":912362}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Charges)","apu_trial_ccrb_recommended_penalty":"Forfeit vacation 15 days","apu_case_status":"Closed: Not guilty after trial-PC Approved","apu_closing_date":"2016-07-28","nypd_disposition":"APU Not guilty","officer_id":"VMN9"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24441233-201500974_redactedclosingreport_redacted","type":"closing-report"}],"summary":"On February 1, 2014 at approximately 6 p.m., Lt. Luis Machado, PO Tracey Duncan, and PO Christine Damico of the 71st Precinct responded to the barbershop located at [redacted] Brooklyn after receiving a complaint from [redacted] that her boyfriend, [redacted] assaulted her and stole her phone. [redacted] reportedly told the officers that [redacted] worked at the barbershop, often carried a gun, and was likely to resist arrest because he was facing seven years in prison for a different offense (see Board Review 16).\n\nLt. Machado approached [redacted] first and attempted to handcuff him. [redacted] reportedly swung his arms to avoid being handcuffed and moved toward the back of the shop. Lt. Machado pursued him and took him to the floor. [redacted] resisted giving Lt. Machado his hands and grabbed PO Damico's handcuffs when she attempted to handcuff him. As Lt. Machado wrestled with [redacted], PO Duncan struck [redacted] with an asp eight or more times, primarily on his legs. [redacted] also alleged that he was struck in the head. (Allegation A). After this, PO Justin Smith and PO Ronald Sanchez arrived to assist and handcuffed [redacted]. PO Smith and PO Sanchez transported him to the 71st Precinct stationhouse.\n\nAt the stationhouse, [redacted] realized he was bleeding from his head and legs and asked to go to the hospital. Lt. Machado allegedly told him to \"shut the fuck up\" (Allegations B and C). [redacted] asked numerous other officers to go to the hospital; they did not respond to his requests (Allegation D). An Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) came to the stationhouse and wrapped the cuts on [redacted]'s legs, but he was not taken to the hospital until [redacted], after he had been taken to Brooklyn Central Booking. A [redacted] received one staple for a laceration on the left side of his scalp and numerous stitches for cuts on his legs (see medical records folder).\n\n[redacted]'s coworker at the barbershop, recorded a video of the incident in the barbershop (see Board Review 1 and 2 for the video and...","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Pensabene","first_name":"Christine","officer_id":"XDJD"},{"last_name":"Rodgers","first_name":"David","officer_id":"TYZK"},{"last_name":"Sanchez","first_name":"Ronald","officer_id":"FW4X"},{"last_name":"Smith","first_name":"Justin","officer_id":"SA5X"}],"id":201500974,"updated_date":"2025-10-02T13:04:00.971Z","url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/201500974"}