{"incident_date":"2017-07-28","received_date":"2017-07-28","close_date":"2018-01-16","borough":"Manhattan","precinct":1,"location_type":"Street/highway","contact_reason":"PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street","contact_outcome":"No arrest made or summons issued","disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","evidence_bwc":false,"evidence_video":true,"precinct_command_id":"1pct","allegations":[{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_age_incident":30,"victim_gender":"Male","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":992521,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_age_incident":23,"victim_gender":"Female","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":992522,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Physical force","victim_age_incident":23,"victim_gender":"Female","victim_ethnicity":"Black","ccrb_disposition":"Unsubstantiated","id":993673,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_race_legacy":"Unknown","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":995243,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_gender":"Male","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1002112,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_race_legacy":"Unknown","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1002113,"officer_id":"85L5"},{"fado_type":"Force","allegation":"Pepper spray","victim_gender":"Male","ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","id":1002114,"officer_id":"85L5"}],"penalties":[{"ccrb_disposition":"Substantiated (Command Discipline A)","nypd_penalty":"Command Discipline - A","officer_id":"85L5"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24100820-201706120_redactedclosingreport_redacted","type":"closing-report"}],"summary":"At approximately 9:30 a.m. on July 28, 2017, [redacted] was waiting in a large crowd of people outside of the Nike store located at 21 Mercer Street in Manhattan. Also present in this crowd were [redacted] Is girlfriend), [redacted] and [redacted] was one of several security guards who were standing between the crowd and the entrance of the store. The crowd had formed in anticipation of the Nike store opening and selling a limited number of pairs of sneakers, which were widely expected to be profitable resale items.\n\nSeveral NYPD units responded to reports about the crowd, including Police Officer Evan Mele and Police Officer Alexander Delgiorno of the 1st Precinct. After arriving on scene, Police Officer Mele waited and observed the crowd. When the store door was opened and members of the crowd rushed towards it, Police Officer Mele approached the edge of the crowd and deployed pepper spray that landed on [redacted] and others (Allegations A, B, C, D, E, and F). As he approached the crowd, deployed the spray, and was surrounded by people leaving the affected area, Police Officer Mele allegedly struck [redacted] abdomen with his arm (Allegation G).","witness_officers":[{"last_name":"Delgiorno","first_name":"Alexander","officer_id":"L47V"},{"last_name":"Lozada","first_name":"Wilson","officer_id":"HLER"},{"last_name":"Repetto","first_name":"Diana","officer_id":"QF6R"},{"last_name":"Schatz","first_name":"Eugene","officer_id":"Q2FK"},{"last_name":"Schleifer","first_name":"Lauren","officer_id":"9E4Z"},{"last_name":"Venetek","first_name":"Patrick","officer_id":"A62B"},{"last_name":"Welsome","first_name":"Michael","officer_id":"UBP5"}],"id":201706120,"url":"https://www.50-a.org/complaint/201706120"}