{"active":false,"first_name":"Newell","last_name":"Laird","race":"Black","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"FORCEID","id":"130"},"shield_no":4560,"ended_date":"2017-11-01","taxid":"910521","complaint_ids":[200205472],"command_history":[{"command":"069 PCT","id":"69pct"}],"appt_date":"1993-08-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Dash, Emanuel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-07-17","disposition_date":"2018-07-17","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"Zero Disposition","docket":"18CV02427","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Laird, Newell","summary":"On April 27, 2015, P.O.s Ronald J. Montas, Christian Hoell, Newell Laird, and Willy Johnson arrived at Plaintiff’s house and arrested him without any incident. The officers were investigating a string of 4 robberies committed by a single perpetrator. Perpetrator’s DNA did not match that of the plaintiff and one witness identified someone else during a photo-array. Nonetheless, P.O. Montas forced Plaintiff to draft a confession by threatening him. P.O. Montas said he would blow Plaintiff’s brains out and tell everyone that he had attempted to steal P.O. Johnson’s weapon if he did not write out a confession. Plaintiff then wrote a confession dictated by P.O. Montas. The confession was not recorded or videotaped. The officers refused to turn over material that constituted Rosario and Brady material. They also did not inform the District Attorney of exculpatory evidence that did not implicate Plaintiff as the perpetrator of the robberies. Plaintiff was acquitted by a jury after trial.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.416367/gov.uscourts.nyed.416367.10.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/7181444/dash-v-the-city-of-new-york/"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/5U4V-newell-laird.jpg","id":"5U4V","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/5U4V"}