Complaint #200611338,
August 16, 2006

Summary

On August 16, 2006, at approximately 9:30PM [redacted] left his home at [redacted] in Brooklyn to go to the store on the way to Manhattan. [redacted] is a black male who is 5'11" tall and 160lbs. He was with a friend, [redacted] but the friend left [redacted] at the deli to go back to [redacted]'s home because he had left his CD player there. [redacted] waited for him at the corner store called the 7 and 7 on East 54th Street and Flatlands Avenue. He had bought chips and cigarettes. There was a guy sitting on a crate and [redacted] gave him a head-nod. The guy on the crate was a black male with dark skin, low cut hair, young and looked "bummy" in blue jeans and a white shirt. [redacted] has seen him there before but does not keep conversation with him. As [redacted] lit up a cigarette, an officer in plainclothes came up to him and told him to, "Come to the side of the wall. Get your hands on the wall." This officer was identified as PO Vernon Kendrick and was a black male in plainclothes with a muscular build about 5'9"-10" who weighed more that [redacted] and his hair was in a low-cut cesar. [redacted] did not comply right away because he did not know that he was an officer. [redacted] was about to leave but the officer extended his asp which he had in his hand and told him to get on the floor. PO Kendrick was holding it by the handle at his shoulder, about three feet away from [redacted] There is a button in the asp that when it is pushed it extends. [redacted] did as he was told, moving up against the wall and onto his knees with his hands behind his back. Two mini-vans had pulled up on the scene but it was dark out so [redacted] could not tell what color they were. PO Kendrick put him into handcuffs and stood him up.
All of the officers searched him. PO Kendrick put his hands into [redacted]'s pockets and pulled the pockets out. They went into the back pockets and then patted him down. He had one hundred twenty four dollars in his pocket. A second officer, not identified through this investigation, also... Read report for details.