Complaint #200706341,
February 9, 2007

Summary

At approximately 8:55 PM on February 9, 2007, [redacted] left his friend [redacted] apartment on the 5th Floor of a building near Morris Avenue and Creston Avenue, identified by the CCRB as [redacted] in the Bronx. [redacted] is not related to [redacted] had been in the building since approximately 4:00 PM. When [redacted] exited the building, he turned left and walked approximately ten feet before an officer identified by the CCRB as PO Alston approached him and asked where he was coming from. In his official statement, [redacted] described PO Alston as a stocky, black or Hispanic male wearing navy cargo pants and a sweater with NYPD on the neck, and in his initial statement, he described him as a 6-foot, muscular, light-skinned black male in his late twenties. (PO Alston, whose shield number is 23, was [redacted] arresting officer, and [redacted] claimed that his arresting officer, whose shield number he believed was 23, was not the officer who stopped him. However, as discussed in the Subject Officer Identification section below, the CCRB has determined that PO Alston was in fact the officer who conducted the stop.) PO Alston approached [redacted] from across the street, where three additional officers were parked in a marked van. [redacted] explained to PO Alston that he had come from the building, and PO Alston immediately told him to place his hands on the wall. [redacted] stated that he was in the building to visit a friend. PO Alston asked [redacted] for identification, but [redacted] was not carrying identification. [redacted] told PO Alston that he wanted to go home, and PO Alston told him again to put his hands on the wall. [redacted]'s hands were already on the wall at this time. PO Alston then frisked [redacted] from his ankles up to his arms and reached into the pockets of his jacket and pants. PO Alston then told [redacted] to "Shut the fuck up." [redacted] had not said anything.
Two officers, identified by the CCRB as PO Hobson and PO Dekoker, whom [redacted] described only as white males, then... Read report for details.