{"active":false,"first_name":"Nicholas","last_name":"Graziano","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"TRB TED","assignment_date":"2021-12-01","id":"307"},"shield_no":766,"ended_date":"2026-01-02","taxid":"940211","complaint_ids":[201803643],"command_history":[{"command":"PBMN","id":"PBMN"}],"appt_date":"2006-01-09","age":41,"middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[13830],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Shirley, Benjamin vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2023-11-14","disposition_date":"2024-04-08","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"23CV09696","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","summary":"On March 8, 2020, around midnight, Plaintiff, a Black dentist, was lawfully present at the premises of the dental office he owned. Plaintiff exited the office to discard the office’s trash in the building’s designated area and reentered his office using his keys. Defendant officers Thomas Lee and Eugene Choi observed this and without justification, reasonable suspicion, or probable cause, began shining their flashlights inside the window and onto Plaintiff’s face, temporarily blinding and disorienting him. Defendant officers accessed the building’s intercom system and demanded Plaintiff exit the premises and show identification. Plaintiff called 911 and the dispatcher talked down to him then disconnected him. The dispatcher then called NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) and was connected to Defendant Officer Keith Guzzetta. The dispatcher and Officer Guzzetta made fun of Plaintiff. Defendant Officers Kevin Cameron and Thomas Sjoberg were dispatched to the general area after the 911 call. Officers Lee, Choi, Cameron, and Thomas began to repeatedly demand Plaintiff to show proof of lawful presence on the premises and that they needed to verify Plaintiff’s identity while shining their flashlights in Plaintiff’s face, temporarily blinding him and disorienting him.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.609606/gov.uscourts.nysd.609606.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67948110/shirley-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Shirley, Benjamin vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-05-26","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"154769/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On May 14, 2018, dentist Plaintiff was on the sidewalk abutting his place of work  when POs Fitzgerald and Celenza approached, stopped, questioned, and detained him without justification. The POs lied about the reason for the stop, and when they saw that Plaintiff was videotaping the encounter, PO Celenza covered his badge and shined his flashlight in Plaintiff's face. During the encounter, the POs repeatedly refused to identify themselves and repeatedly laughed at Plaintiff. When the POs left the scene, they nearly struck Plaintiff with their vehicle.\n\nTwo years, later, starting on the evening of March 8, 2020, Plaintiff exited his place of work to take out the trash. After POs Lee and Choi observed him reenter the premises using his keys, the POs approached the ground floor premises and began shining their flashlights inside and onto Plaintiff. The POs then, without justification, used the building's intercom to summon Plaintiff, demanding his identification and otherwise intimidating them. Plaintiff feared for his life, so he called 911. The 911 dispatcher refused to help Plaintiff, admonishing him. The dispatcher then called the Internal Affairs Bureau and was connected to PO Guzzetta, who proceeded to laugh at Plaintiff with the 911 dispatcher despite knowing that new POs were lawfully present at the premises. POs Cameron and Sjoberg were dispatched to the area after Plaintiff called 911. All of the POs in the area then joined together to harass Plaintiff, repeatedly asking for his identification, taking pictures of him, toggling the power on their body cams, and threatening him.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Po5dYxgaQHrr3y6c_PLUS_wAnGQ==","type":"complaint"}]}],"id":"5FFK","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5FFK"}