{"active":false,"first_name":"William","last_name":"Hall","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"075 PCT","id":"75pct"},"shield_no":530,"ended_date":"2016-10-11","taxid":"904097","complaint_ids":[201305211,201304079,201301061,201111941,201110899,200408073,9403129],"command_history":[{"command":"042 PCT","id":"42pct"}],"appt_date":"1993-08-30","lawsuits":[{"name":"Spencer, Lawrence vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-02","disposition_date":"2016-01-21","payout_amount":10002,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV04992","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On August 26, 2011, plaintiff was driving an automobile in Brooklyn when he was ordered by unmarked police officers to pull over. Plaintiff had pills in an unmarked bottle, but had a formal prescription at home. He was subsequently arrested for unlawful possession of drugs.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922297-Spencer-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.359964.13.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323633/spencer-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Gordon, Nick vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-03-07","disposition_date":"2014-09-04","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01432","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On June 5, 2013, Mr. Gordon was unlawfully detained and arrested, assaulted, and thereafter prosecuted on the false charge of marijuana possession. Plaintiff, at that time, was in an automobile with an acquaintance, around the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn. Defendant Officers stopped the automobile, questioned and searched Mr. Gordon and the vehicle, and without probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe any crime or offense had been committed, arrested and took Plaintiff to the 75th Precinct Stationhouse. Defendant officers took but did not return Mr. Gordon’s property, and prepared or allowed for false police reports accusing Plaintiff of marijuana possession. At Brooklyn Central Booking, Defendant Titus caused others to make false statements to the Kings County DA’s Office, resulting in Plaintiff being prosecuted at Kings County Criminal Court. After more than twenty-four hours in custody, Plaintiff was arraigned on false charges, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal was entered, and plaintiff was released.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.353256/gov.uscourts.nyed.353256.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323201/gordon-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Rivera, Fabian vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-27","disposition_date":"2014-06-11","payout_amount":17500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV01279","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On September 17, 2013, at about 3:00pm, in the vicinity South Conduit Boulevard and Eldert Lane in the Cyprus Hills section of Brooklyn, plaintiff was lawfully riding his bicycle in the street when an unmarked police vehicle pulled in front of him. Police Officers Jay Rivera and John Doe, assigned to a Street Narcotics Enforcement Unit (SNEU), twisted plaintiff’s arms and hit him numerous times about his knees and ankles, throwing him to the ground. One of the officers placed his knee in the back of plaintiff’s neck to keep him pinned to the ground. The officers stripped Plaintiff to his underwear, removing his shoes and socks. Plaintiff was repeatedly hit with a baton, suffering injuries to his knees and ankles, shoulders and neck. Plaintiff was tightly handcuffed, causing injuries to his wrists. Plaintiff was bleeding and had numerous abrasions from being struck, while not having resisted the officers in any way. Despite a thorough and violent search of plaintiff’s person, no contraband of any kind was found. After approximately 24 hours in police custody, first at the 75th Police Precinct and then at Brooklyn Central Booking, plaintiff was released without having to see a judge because the Kings County District Attorney’s Office declined prosecution.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.352984.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323181/rivera-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mcfadden, Daniel vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-02-03","disposition_date":"2014-05-22","payout_amount":52500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV00541","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On December 28, 2012, the Plaintiff was walking on the street and was stopped by the defendants. On suspicion of cocaine residue, the Plaintiff was wrongfully arrested. On January 16, 2013, 19 days later, the lab test reports turned out to be negative, and a day later, the plaintiff was released from custody with all charges dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.351678/gov.uscourts.nyed.351678.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4920044-McFadden-v-The-City-of-New-York"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16171413/mcfadden-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Mcgriff, Sharon vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-26","disposition_date":"2013-12-12","payout_amount":35000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02450","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On February 15, 2013, at approximately 6:00 p.m., Plaintiff was in the vicinity of Williams Avenue and Glenmore Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, waiting for a friend. A police van pulled up and Defendants demanded her identification and Plaintiff complied. They directed Plaintiff to wait across the street for her friend and Plaintiff again complied. The Defendants approached Plaintiff again and began to search her purse, and then handcuffed her and put her in their van. While in the van, Plaintiff asked that the cuffs be loosened because they were cutting off her circulation, but the Defendants laughed and tightened the cuffs. Plaintiff was taken to the 75th Precinct. When Plaintiff asked why she had been arrested, Defendants assaulted her and forced her into a cell while still handcuffed. At the precinct, the Defendants falsely informed employees of the Kings County District Attorney's Office that they had observed Plaintiff in possession of a controlled substance and prepared false paperwork to that effect. While in the precinct, Plaintiff became ill and was taken to Brookdale Hospital Medical Center where she remained for four days, under arrest and handcuffed. On February 19, 2013, Plaintiff was taken back to the 75th Precinct and then eventually to Brooklyn Central Booking. Plaintiff was arraigned on February 20, 2013 in Kings County Criminal Court where she was released on her own recognizance after about five days in custody. Plaintiff made several appearances in Criminal Court before all charges against her were dismissed in their entirety.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.342007/gov.uscourts.nyed.342007.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049496/mcgriff-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Ginn, Ricky vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-04-22","disposition_date":"2014-01-15","payout_amount":7500,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV02367","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On October 4, 2012, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Plaintiff Ginn was driving his car on Durmont St. between Van Sinderin Ave. and Snediker Ave. in Brooklyn, New York, with Eugene Myers riding in the front passenger seat. Plaintiff pulled over and parked because Mr. Myers needed to go to the bathroom. Mr. Myers got out and walked toward an industrial fence when he noticed undercover officers watching him from an unmarked car. When he noticed the undercover officers he returned to the car, and the undercover officers pulled behind Plaintiff's car and flashed their lights. Defendant officers Stanley, Rivera, and Hall searched Plaintiff and Mr. Myers and placed them under arrest for possession of a controlled substance and disorderly conduct. Plaintiff was arrested for a straw in his wallet that Defendant Stanley claimed had cocaine residue on it, which the Defendant then told to the Kings County District Attorney screener. However, Plaintiff used the straw to clean his teeth, and later an NYPD substance analysis report confirmed there was no controlled substance residue on it.  Mr. Myers was also arrested for having a straw with cocaine residue on it, and an NYPD substance analysis report confirmed that there were trace amounts of heroin on the straw and Mr. Myers subsequently pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance. Plaintiff was placed under arrest and transported to the 75th Precinct and then to Central Booking, where he was released approximately twenty hours after his arrest. Plaintiff returned to court twice before being given an ACD.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.341845.9.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4322559/ginn-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Williams, Travis vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2013-03-27","disposition_date":"2014-04-15","payout_amount":125000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"13CV01612","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Hall, William H.","summary":"On February 1, 2012, Plaintiff sat down to make a phone call after he'd finished playing basketball in Brooklyn. He was approached by undercover officers in an unmarked vehicle and asked what he was doing. He replied that he was playing basketball with his friends, and the officers asked why he was wearing a leather jacket, to which he responded simply that it was cold outside. The officers told Plaintiff he was \"getting smart\" and that he would now have to go to jail, and grabbed plaintiff and told him to put his hands behind his back. Plaintiff told the officers he was unable to do so because of the manner in which he was being held. Defendant officers sprayed plaintiff with pepper spray in the face and beat his legs with batons until he fell to the ground. Additional officers arrived to the scene and transported Plaintiff to the 75th precinct, where he was held for many hours before being transferred to the hospital. Plaintiff was charged with Attempted Tampering with Physical Evidence, Obstructing Government Administration in the Second Degree and Resisting Arrest, and all charges were eventually dismissed and sealed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.340899/gov.uscourts.nyed.340899.11.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13049372/williams-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"officer_name":"Hall, William H.","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-01-20","disposition_date":"2014-11-14","court":"Supreme Court - Kings","docket":"001413/2012","name":"Thomas, Neal vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":25000},{"officer_name":"Hall, William H.","disposition":"Zero Disposition","start_date":"2010-11-03","disposition_date":"2013-04-23","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","docket":"10CV05010","name":"Waddlington, Jullian vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":0,"summary":"On or about January 22, 2009, at approximately 10:45 p.m., within the premises described as 391 Georgia Avenue, #5C, Brooklyn, New York (hereinafter \"subject premises\"), in the County of Kings, City of New York, the plaintiff was falsely arrested without probable cause by the defendant officers. At the time of his arrest, the plaintiff was visiting his former Guardian, namely Cynthia Everson, who resided at the subject premises. Apart from the plaintiff and Ms. Everson, there were other persons who were also present within the subject premises at the time of the incident, including Michael Everson, Kareem Everson, TameekShelly and Neal Thomas (prosecuted as \"James Thompson\").The incident commenced when the defendant officers knocked quite loudly on the door of the subject premises. The plaintiff's mother answered the door by opening it, and was informed by the defendant officers that they had a warrant for the arrest of a person named Tyree Everson. Tyree Everson is the plaintiff's cousin. The plaintiff's mother informed the officers that Tyree Everson did not live at the subject premises, and was in fact incarcerated at that time. Nevertheless, the defendant officers entered into the apartment, and immediately arrested each male person who was in the subject premises by placing handcuffs on them, including the plaintiff. The defendant officers then proceeded to search the subject premises. The defendant officers did not have a search warrant that permitted the search of the subject premises, and there were no exigent circumstances existing that justified the unlawful search of the subject premises. The defendant officers then declared that they had found illegal weapons and/or narcotics in one of the bedrooms of the subject premises. Upon information and belief, Michael Everson immediately admitted to ownership of the illegal items that were found by the defendant officers. Nevertheless, the plaintiff was arrested by the defendant officers, and transported to the 75th police precinct, where he was processed, or otherwise photographed and fingerprinted. At the 75th police precinct, the plaintiff was also forced to remove all of his clothing, and a humiliating strip search was conducted by the defendant officers at that time. Nothing illegal was found on the person of the plaintiff during said unwarranted strip search. As a result of the plaintiff's above-described false arrest and imprisonment, he has been caused to suffer humiliation, great mental and physical anguish, embarrassment and scorn among those who know him, was prevented from attending to his necessary affairs, and has been otherwise damaged in his character and reputation. Consequently, the plaintiff has been damaged and hereby demands compensatory and punitive damages in an amount to be proven at trial against each of the defendants, individually and severally.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4919100-Waddlington-v-The-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/5640575/waddlington-v-the-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Daniel v. City of New York et al","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","payout_amount":30000,"disposition":"Settlement","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922304-Daniel-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4922303-Daniel-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"docket":"11CV04760","officer_name":"William H. Hall"}],"id":"S5WB","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/S5WB"}