{"active":false,"first_name":"Michael","last_name":"Vitale","race":"White","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT DS","command":{"command":"FORCEID","assignment_date":"2015-06-22","id":"130"},"shield_no":1840,"ended_date":"2024-01-02","taxid":"934249","complaint_ids":[201010426,200900880,200710879,200605150],"command_history":[{"command":"067 PCT","id":"67pct"},{"command":"GANG BS"}],"appt_date":"2004-01-20","middle_initial":"V","shield_no_history":[13283],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Bonner, Marcus vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2016-02-02","disposition_date":"2017-02-21","payout_amount":77000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"16CV00368","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Vitale, Michael","summary":"On May 1, 2015, NYPD officers Steven Moylan and John and Jane Doe 1 through 10 tasered Marcus Bonner and struck him with a metal baton. After Bonner was thrown to the ground, the officers pressed his face into the ground and handcuffed him. Bonner was transported first to the 75th Precinct then Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center for emergency medical treatment. Plaintiff was arraigned on charged based on false information Moylan provided to the King's County DA and charged with resisting arrest.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921954-Bonner-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"},{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.380604.1.0.pdf","type":"complaint"},{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921955-Bonner-v-City-of-New-York-et-al"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4325185/bonner-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Dupree, Cortney vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-07-14","disposition_date":"2015-01-14","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV04307","court":"U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY","officer_name":"Vitale, Michael","summary":"On March 27, 2013, Officer Juan C. Fernandez and unidentified officers appeared at Plaintiff's home and questioned Plaintiff without the benefit of counsel. The officers interrogated Plaintiff about a posting he made online that expressed his opinion regarding police misconduct in the African-American community. The officers discovered Plaintiff's post through NYPD's monitoring of internet sites for postings critical of the department. Without evidence or reason to believe Plaintiff had committed any crime or offense, the officers handcuffed Plaintiff. At the precinct, the officers continued their interrogation without Plaintiff's attorney present while Plaintiff remained tightly handcuffed. Officer Fernandez materially misrepresented the text of Plaintiff's post to prosecutors by making the thread appear threatening. Plaintiff was falsely charged with aggravated harassment. On or about June 11, 2014, all charges against Plaintiff were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.358671/gov.uscourts.nyed.358671.17.0.pdf","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4323527/dupree-v-city-of-new-york/"}],"documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21029908-vitale-2e093c1a11968562c93836586679a9e826fec3b1","type":"brady-giglio","lawsuits":["17CV3811"]}],"id":"WSD9","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/WSD9"}