Complaint #200603850,
March 30, 2006

Officer: Anthony, Jonathan
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Grandstaff, Norman
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Grandstaff, Norman
Complainant: Black Male, 20
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Anthony, Jonathan Black Male, 20 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unfounded
Grandstaff, Norman Black Male, 20 Abuse of Authority: Retaliatory arrest Exonerated
Grandstaff, Norman Black Male, 20 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to provide name/shield number Unfounded

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 30, 2006, at approximately 9:00PM, [redacted] was inside his apartment [redacted] at [redacted] eating dinner when he heard a commotion outside the building. He walked to his window to see what was happening when he saw a [redacted] man named '[redacted] who cleans the building, being escorted to a police van in handcuffs. In addition, a man in his's also named '[redacted] a man in his 's named '[redacted] [redacted] named '[redacted] a [redacted] named [redacted] who is [redacted] cousin, a [redacted] named '[redacted] and a [redacted] named '[redacted] were also in handcuffs. Because [redacted] knew that these people were getting "locked up for no reason," he went downstairs to find out what occurred. When he went downstairs, the [redacted] named '[redacted] had been placed in a patrol car that was about fifty feet past the building. Behind the patrol car was an unmarked car, which was followed by a marked van. [redacted] approached the six other prisoners who were seated in the van, which was parked in front of [redacted] and asked them, "What did you do?" [redacted] who was in the seat directly behind the front passenger seat, and was closest to where [redacted] stood, responded, "Nothing." [redacted] said, "Go figure. Who arrested you?" The prisoners pointed to an officer identified through this investigation as PO Jonathan Anthony (whom [redacted] described as a uniformed white male, with black hair, 5'7" tall, weighing approximately 170 pounds, approximately 23 years old) who [redacted] identified by his badge # 11182. PO Anthony was standing near the van so [redacted] took out his cell phone to enter the officer's badge number into his phone. [redacted] was standing about two feet away from the van, towards the middle of the van, as he spoke to the prisoners through a closed window. There were a few officers standing about three feet away. As [redacted] entered the badge number 11182 into his phone and was about to enter the name of the officer, an officer identified through this investigation... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: March 30, 2006
Received: April 4, 2006
Closed: November 9, 2006

Reason for contact: PD suspected C/V of violation/crime - street
Location: Residential building
In NYPD 70th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - OGA

Witness Officers: Joshua Baez, Mark Boyle, Brian Brown, Victor Bruno, Steven Gordon, Michael Katinas, Jason Kelly, Ahmed Khan, Rafael Mascol