Complaint #200503017,
March 19, 2005

Officer: Nilan, Courtney
Complainant: Black Female, 39
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Merrill, Michael
Complainant: Black Male, 25
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 15-17
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 15-17
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Male, 25-29
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Ronca, Christop
Complainant: Black Male, 25
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Nilan, Courtney Black Female, 39 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Merrill, Michael Black Male, 25 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Unknown Officer Black Female, 15-17 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Female, 15-17 Force: Physical force Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Male, 25-29 Discourtesy: Word Unfounded
Unknown Officer Black Male, 25-29 Force: Physical force Exonerated
Ronca, Christop Black Male, 25 Force: Physical force Exonerated

Conclusion Meanings:

'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On March 19, 2005, at the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 165th Street, [redacted] and [redacted] refused to step out of the street despite being directed to do so by the 103rd Precinct's Officers Michael Merrill and Christopher Ronca, who were patrolling the area in a police van. The officers exited the van and a conflict broke out between the four parties and soon evolved into a melee because other civilians interfered. During the conflict, Officer Ronca used physical force to arrest [redacted] (Allegation A[redacted] [redacted] resisted and Officer Merrill used physical force against him as well (Allegation B[redacted] D. [redacted] interfered in [redacted] Is arrest and both officers used physical force against him (Allegations A and B [redacted] 1). The officers called a 10-85 (officer needs assistance) over the radio and dozens of officers responded to assist in the arrests and performed crowd control. These officers used force against [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegation C[redacted] Officers allegedly cursed at [redacted] (Allegation D[redacted] 1). Ultimately [redacted]). and a crowd-member named [redacted] were arrested and charged with various criminal acts. [redacted] alleged that her arresting officer, PO Courtney Nilan, used minor physical force against her (Allegation E-[redacted] [redacted], [redacted] alleged that an officer pulled her hair (Allegation F[redacted] and called her "bitch" (Allegation G-[redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 19, 2005
Received: March 22, 2005
Closed: June 21, 2006

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 103rd Precinct Queens
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: George Dumont, William Freudenberg, Ivan Gomez, Patrick Hendry, Tadeusz Jeremenko, Jason Loesch, Christopher Moran