| Officer: | Irving, James |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | White Female, 19 |
| Allegation: | Force: Physical force |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irving, James | White Female, 19 | Force: Physical force | Unsubstantiated |
Further details on conclusions.
She stated that she and her friend [redacted] attended the war protest together. They knew the locus of the rally was 49th St. and First Ave, so they attempted to get there, from 42nd St. (Grand Central Station), on foot. But most cross-streets were blockaded, and police officers were herding the civilians northbound on Second Ave. Eventually the women were allowed to move east on 78th St., then south again on First Ave.
After crossing under the 59th St. bridge, [redacted] and [redacted] found themselves penned in just north of 58th St. by metal, waist-high barricades which traversed the crosswalk on the north side of the 58th St./First Ave. intersection. About six uniformed officers at the intersection were maintaining order and safeguarding the barricades.
Like others, [redacted] and [redacted] pushed up close to the barricade in an effort to get through. As more people did likewise, it became increasingly cramped. The protesters began clamoring for release, but the officers ignored them. Finally, a nearby protester was able to separate two of the barricades, and [redacted] holding a sign with an anti-war message was involuntarily swept out into the intersection by the force of the pushing crowd. Just as she passed the barricade line, an officer later identified as Det. Irving "ran up to her" from a short distance away, grabbed her by both shoulders and violently pushed her backwards and down, so that [redacted] fell back on her buttocks and back. There was no substantive injury [redacted] noted very minor bruises to her buttocks) and no medical treatment afterward.
The officers managed to get almost everyone back inside the pen, including [redacted] who had risen under her own power. Now back behind her barricade, she could see her sign where she had dropped it. Det. Irving was now standing close to it, so she asked him if "he would mind returning it." He just stared back at her, "pretending he hadn't heard." Eventually he turned his head and, so it appeared, spit purposefully in the direction of the...
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