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Darrell suffers from alcoholism, and was having a particularly bad day. However, the officers decided to arrest Darrell without probable cause, though the officers claimed falsely that Darrell was in criminal possession of a firearm. In arresting Darrell, Defendants also violated Victoria Ramos's rights by invading her home. Darrell was then held in custody for many hours. Darrell had been falsely arrested and maliciously prosecuted two times before, and was exonerated in two different trials. The proceeding against Darrell in this instance was terminated in Darrell's favor on October 23, 2023 because the prosecution could not prove the charges beyond a reasonable doubt.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=6dyUPk7MfnRCyVtqx/joxQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Alston, Cardell, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-06-22","disposition_date":"2024-12-26","payout_amount":405000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV03665","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","documents":[{"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.481582/gov.uscourts.nyed.481582.52.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63399577/alston-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hennegan, Nicole, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2022-03-17","disposition_date":"2022-08-16","payout_amount":23500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"22CV01295","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","summary":"On January 9, 2021, Plaintiffs’ home was broken into by several police officers unlawfully, claiming to search for guns. Plaintiff Nicole arrived home later to find police occupying their apartment and asked for a warrant, but no warrant was shown to her. The officers damaged the front door and bedroom doors. Plaintiff Nicole was handcuffed while they searched the place. Plaintiff Shaundell arrived home later. Upon arriving home, the officers took Shaundell from his vehicle, and escorted him to the apartment, and handcuffed him to a chair, along with his relatives including Nicole. The officers seized a broken embosser from the closet of plaintiff Shaundell’s bedroom.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.476904/gov.uscourts.nyed.476904.16.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/63146111/hennegan-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Nixon, Jacqueline, et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2019-12-27","disposition_date":"2022-05-03","payout_amount":79000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"19CV07215","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Birchwood, Omar M.","summary":"On December 31, 2016, plaintiffs were gathered for an annual event to celebrate the life of their family member who was shot to death by NYPD in 2003.  All plaintiffs either resided at or were visiting the subject premises.  After midnight on January 1, 2017, P.O.s Omar Birchwood, Lt. Michael Raimo, and P.O. Jesse Lance knocked on the door under the false guise that they had heard gunshots.  The officers insisted that they enter the premises, but plaintiffs demanded a warrant to allow entry.  This encounter lasted for more than hour, and the officers didn't allow plaintiffs to close their front door.  As some of the plaintiffs were peacefully exiting, one plaintiff was dragged outside of the subject premises, pushed against the side of the building, and had his phone snatched from his hand by the officers when he attempted to record the assault.  The officers stopped, frisked, searched, and fondled him and kept using the \"N\" word.  The officers similarly frisked and searched another plaintiff that tried to leave and kept using the \"N\" word.   \n\nThe officers forced their way into the premises and directed everyone to sit down and threatened that they were in trouble because they were giving the police a \"hard time.\"  The officers also threatened to call ACS on some of the plaintiffs inside the premises because there were minor children present.  The officers frisked and searched each plaintiff individually and engaged in retaliation by reporting them to ACS for suspected domestic violence and child abuse.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.443101/gov.uscourts.nyed.443101.40.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16625563/nixon-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Birchwood, Omar M.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-07-24","disposition_date":"2013-03-26","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"12CV03485","name":"Ford, Justin, et Al vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":30000,"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923659-Ford-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4923660-Ford-et-al-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4670655/ford-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25091975-945512_07192024_2024047pdf","date":"2024-07-19T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22102489-945512_04262019_2019055pdf","date":"2019-04-26T00:00:00.000Z","type":"trial-decision"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21020866-birchwood-0594bbdae1f6bfba1e8030645d9e5734f4d1aef5","type":"brady-giglio"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21053594-birchwood-945512-10-08-20","type":"brady-giglio"}],"image":"https://www.50-a.org/images/officer/8LHX-omar-birchwood.jpg","payroll":{"salary":"204936","regular":"202492","overtime":"0","other":"32822","total":"235313"},"id":"8LHX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/8LHX"}