{"active":false,"first_name":"Francisco","last_name":"Garcia","race":"Hispanic","gender":"Male","rank":"SGT","command":{"command":"028 PCT","assignment_date":"2018-09-10","id":"28pct"},"shield_no":4765,"ended_date":"2022-06-02","taxid":"945369","complaint_ids":[202203667,202003791],"appt_date":"2008-01-07","middle_initial":"A","shield_no_history":[1986],"lawsuits":[{"name":"Griffin, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-31","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"158006/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On May 30, 2020, plaintiff and some other people were gathered on the street in observance of the recent passing of a friend when officers Mancilla, Garcia, Hummel, Sloman, and John Does 1-2 blocked off both ends of the street, under the belief that Plaintiff and others were engaging in a protest. Defendants and other members of the NYPD kettled the people on the street and then aggressively began telling them to leave that location. Defendants and other members of the NYPD, after kettling people at this location, also began assaulting people at this location with no justification or excuse. In so doing, the Defendants and other members of the NYPD prevented people from complying with their unlawful orders, thereby laying the pretextual groundwork for arrests, including Plaintiffs. Defendant Mancilla or Garcia approached Plaintiff after the NYPD’s kettle was in place, and yelled at Plaintiff to leave even though he lived on the block. Nevertheless, Plaintiff began to leave and continued to observe several members of the NYPD accost and assault several innocent people at that location, while Defendant Mancilla or Defendant Garcia followed him and shouted for him to leave. Defendant Mancilla or Defendant Garcia then blocked Plaintiff’s path. The Defendants approached Plaintiff and at least one of Defendants Mancilla, Garcia, Hummel, Sloman, and John Does 1-2 struck Plaintiff on his head with their baton causing Plaintiff to lose consciousness and fall to the street.  When Plaintiff regained consciousness, the Defendants were assaulting and beating Plaintiff with their batons and fists causing Plaintiff to sustain several severe and permanent personal injuries including but not limited to loss of consciousness and pain, bruising and contusions to his torso, body, head, and limbs.  The Defendants then placed Plaintiff in excessively tight handcuffs without any probable cause or justification. The Defendants then transported Plaintiff to the stationhouse of a local area precinct where he remained for several hours before the Defendants transported him to New York County Central Booking where he was held for an additional number of hours before he was arraigned on a criminal complaint containing false allegations sworn to by Defendants Mancilla and Garcia. Sergeant Garcia and Officer Mancilla swore out a false criminal complaint against Plaintiff containing false allegations which Sergeant Garcia and Officer Mancilla knew to be false when they made them.  Defendants forwarded these false allegations to the New County District Attorney’s Office (“NYCDA”) despite the false nature of the allegations.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=plznqwvNTegHKD05CJWNJw==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Sanders, Jahmel vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-08-24","disposition_date":"2022-06-30","payout_amount":20000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"157065/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On November 21, 2019, Plaintiff Jahmel Sanders was at 107 Clinton Street, Manhatan, observing Defendant Officers stop and search a group of males, when Plaintiff stepped off the curb into the street, and was immediately apprehended by Defendant Officers Francisco Garcia and John Does 1-4, who pulled alongside him in a vehicle, exited, and unlawfully stopped, frisked, searched, and falsely arrested him. Plaintiff was taken to the PSA4 precinct, where he was searched and detained in a holding cell for 8 hours, until he was released with a criminal summons for jaywalking.  All charges were dismissed on July 29, 2020.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=mk74LGTNdtFRA8SyjP_PLUS_Wkg==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Bennett, Khiry vs City of Ny, et al.","start_date":"2021-01-07","payout_amount":0,"disposition":"","docket":"150135/2021","court":"Supreme Court - New York","summary":"On May 30, 2020, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Plaintiff was lawfully standing in\nthe vicinity of 234 West 114th Street when the defendant police officers approached Plaintiff without reasonable suspicion or probable cause. Plaintiff had been attending a memorial for a friend when dozens of NYPD officers showed up. Without provocation, defendant officers forcibly grabbed Plaintiff threw him on the ground, and began pushing punching, and kicking the plaintiff in the body causing Plaintiff to suffer serious physical injuries. At no time before being stopped did the Defendants have reasonable suspicion or probable cause to believe that Plaintiff had committed a crime. Plaintiff did not resist. Defendant Officers searched Plaintiff, and no contraband was found.  The Defendant Officers then unlawfully handcuffed Plaintiff and placed him in a police vehicle.\n\nThe defendants then transported Plaintiff to the 28th Precinct. Plaintiff was unlawfully processed and put into a holding cell. Defendants then provided the DA with the false, misleading and/or incomplete information that Plaintiff committed a crime. Specifically, the Defendant Officers falsely stated to the DA that the plaintiff was engaged in Obstructing Governmental Administration. After 48 hours Plaintiff was arraigned on June 1, 2020. On or about August 1, 2020, all criminal charges were dismissed and sealed against Plaintiff","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240719195211/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=fvTLByA2NWyi1L6ocwRjxQ==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Reynolds, Devere vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-11-10","disposition_date":"2024-10-09","payout_amount":70000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"159499/2020","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","summary":"On May 30, 2020, at approximately 11:30pm, Plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of 234 West 114th street in New York, New York, when the Defendant NYPD Officers, including Officers Walter Mancilla, Mark Hummel, Francisco Garcia, and other unnamed officers unlawfully stopped, questioned, assaulted, battered, frisked, and falsely arrested Plaintiff without legal justification. Plaintiff was attending a peaceful memorial for his friends when dozens of NYPD officers arrived. The officers pushed Plaintiff to the ground for no reason, and punched him in the face when he attempted to stand up. The officers then tackled Plaintiff, smashing his head into the ground and causing serious physical injury. The Defendant officers beat Plaintiff so badly that he lost consciousness and had to be removed by ambulance to Harlem Hospital to be treated for his injuries. Plaintiff was handcuffed and arrested. At Harlem Hospital, Plaintiff was treated for injuries to his head, scalp, legs, back, arms, and knees. He was transported to the 28th Precinct. The Defendant officers falsely stated to the District Attorney's Office that Plaintiff was engaged in Obstructing Governmental Administration. On June 1, 2020, after approximately 40 hours in unlawful custody, Plaintiff was arraigned. On June 15, 2020, The NY County DA Office moved to dismiss and seal all criminal charges against Plaintiff.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240923145727/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=57DoTuF_PLUS_vGGCB70_PLUS_QPwvMg==&__cf_chl_rt_tk=1rx5q0mv0HXpwqLw2qXH.JCgRjkh7BOreFwbKoLVx38-1727103447-0.0.1.1-5737","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Watkins, Shawn vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2020-11-03","disposition_date":"2022-08-16","payout_amount":25000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"158123/2020","court":"Supreme Court - New York","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","summary":"On October 4, 2019, at approximately 7:17 PM, Plaintiff was at or near 7th Avenue and West 120 Street, New York, lawfully present in the area and otherwise not committing any offense or violation of the law. Defendant unnamed NYPD officers approached the plaintiff and ordered him to get against the wall without any explanation. The officers frisked and searched Plaintiff without probable cause before handcuffing him in an excessively tight manner. Plaintiff was falsely charged with numerous violations of the law including Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree. Plaintiff was transported to the 28th Precinct, and requested on numerous occasions medical attention for his high blood pressure. He was denied medical attention, and suffered convulsions. Plaintiff was detained for approximately 24 hours before he was released before being arraigned. Defendant Officers Jose Hernandez and Fortune Douglas falsely stated to the New York Country District Attorney's Office that Plaintiff had committed a crime despite knowing that they lacked a legal and factual basis to allege Plaintiff committed any crime. The matter was ultimately resolved in Plaintiff's favor.","documents":[{"url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20240917204258/https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=hNFM4_PLUS_lYOVcv1Jca0eON/w==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Lopez, Hector vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2018-03-27","disposition_date":"2021-05-12","payout_amount":350000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"023337/2018E","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","summary":"On or about January 8, 2017, in the vicinity of Southern Boulevard and Boston Road, Bronx, New York, at about 2:30 A.M. and then between approximately at 3:00 A.M. and 7:00 A.M. at PSA 7 located at 737 Melrose Avenue, Bronx, New York and then at 9:45 A.M., at the vicinity of Lincoln\nHospital, Bronx, New York, Police Officers CARLOS GOMEZ P.O. OF PSA 7,  and FRANCISCO GARCIA P.O. OF PSA 7, and OTHER NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS S/H/A JOHN/JANE DOE II-V, illegally arrested Plaintiff claiming he had an open container. Then illegally took him into a local precinct believed to be PSA 7 of 737 Melrose Avenue, County of\nBronx, State of New York. \n\nWhile at the precinct, Plaintiff was  subjected to excessive force to his person. Plaintiff had multiple assault and batteries\ncommitted to his person including but not limited to\nbeing punched in the stomach and face and also slammed to the ground and hitting his cheekbone and jaw bone and\nhaving handcuffs placed on so tight that plaintiff's wrists .\nOfficer denied him prompt medical attention under the belief that they would suffer no disciplinary actions for their\nfailure to take proper or prudent steps in this case \n\nThe lies of the Officers led Plaintiff to be maliciously\nprosecuted.\n\nPlaintiff was deprived of his liberty and suffered the humiliation, mental anguish, indignity and frustration of an\nunjust criminal prosecution. The Plaintiff made multiple court appearances to defend his liberty against these unjust charges.\n\nPlaintiff was kept in jail for three day,.\n\nOn March 23, 2017 all charges were dismissed.","documents":[{"url":"https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDocument?docIndex=Y_PLUS_62r3R4sL35ZcRRKErbnA==","type":"complaint"}]},{"name":"Smalls, Shaquana vs Sergeant Gebbia, Paul, et al.","start_date":"2015-09-18","disposition_date":"2016-04-27","payout_amount":15000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"15CV07321","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","summary":"Defendant officers warrantlessly entered Plaintiff's apartment, tightly handcuffed her, arrested her, and took her to a local precinct, where they falsely claimed she committed obstructing governmental admin.  Plaintiff was then taken to the hospital for her wrist pain and then released from custody without ever being formally charged.","documents":[{"url":"https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4921436-Smalls-v-Gebbia-et-al","type":"complaint"}],"url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/13247219/smalls-v-gebbia/"},{"name":"Wilson, Lajuana as Mng of W.,k., et al. vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-12-03","disposition_date":"2015-12-01","payout_amount":79473.4,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"14CV09326","court":"U.S. District Court - Southern District NY","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","url":"https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4354470/wilson-v-city-of-new-york/"},{"name":"Hall, Chadrick vs City of New York, et al.","start_date":"2014-04-14","disposition_date":"2014-09-18","payout_amount":10000,"disposition":"Settlement","docket":"301859/2014","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco"},{"officer_name":"Garcia, Francisco","disposition":"Settlement","start_date":"2012-03-20","disposition_date":"2017-07-14","court":"Supreme Court - Bronx","docket":"302541/2012","name":"Monroe, Ahmad vs City of New York, et al.","payout_amount":50000}],"id":"XEYX","url":"https://www.50-a.org/officer/XEYX"}