Complaint #200711360,
August 5, 2007

Officer: Graham, Nicole
Complainant: Black Female, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Young, Yulanda
Complainant: Black Female, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Worobey, Erik
Complainant: Black Female, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Stop
CCRB Conclusion: Exonerated
Officer: Young, Yulanda
Complainant: Black Female, 29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Graham, Nicole Black Female, 29 Abuse of Authority: Stop Exonerated
Young, Yulanda Black Female, 29 Abuse of Authority: Stop Exonerated
Worobey, Erik Black Female, 29 Abuse of Authority: Stop Exonerated
Young, Yulanda Black Female, 29 Abuse of Authority: Threat of summons Unsubstantiated

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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

At approximately 12:00 am on August 5, 2007, [redacted] was attending a birthday party in a basement apartment on [redacted] in Brooklyn. There was an altercation between [redacted] and an unidentified male. The male then headed in the direction of [redacted] where [redacted] lives with her other sister, [redacted]. [redacted] called 911 and told the operator to have the police respond to [redacted]. [redacted] did not have any injuries. [redacted] went to [redacted], but the police never arrived. The 911 operator called [redacted] back and asked her for her location, saying that the officers had responded but could not find her. [redacted] gave the 911 operator the address again. [redacted] became upset so [redacted] consoled her in the first-floor lobby of the building, near the mailboxes. The building is a four-story apartment building with three apartments on each floor. A male entered the building and went upstairs. [redacted] heard knocking at the front door, but did not answer the door because she did not know who was there. The knocking continued and grew louder, at which point [redacted] opened the door. [redacted] trailed behind her sister and sat on a ledge near the front door. Four officers entered the building and started questioning [redacted]. PO Young was a black female with hair extensions. PO Graham was a black female. [redacted] identified both officers by reading their name tags. PO #1 was a tall white male with blue eyes, identified through investigation as PO Worobey. PO #2 was an overweight balding white male who was unidentified.
The officers immediately got in the women's faces and accused them of obstructing justice and preventing them from arresting the male who had just entered the building. The officers said that the male who entered the building had a beer bottle. The women said they did not know anything about the male. PO #2 asked [redacted] for her ID and she provided it. PO Worobey said, "You people are good for nothing." [redacted] took this to mean that black people are good... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: August 5, 2007
Received: August 7, 2007
Closed: September 24, 2008

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Residential building
In NYPD 67th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime