Complaint #201405942,
June 11, 2014

Summary

At approximately 5:45 p.m. that day, [redacted] was driving with his supervisor, [redacted] and stopped at a red light at the intersection of Ellery Street and Marcy Avenue in Brooklyn behind a marked police vehicle, which remained stopped until the light had turned green. [redacted] honked his horn once, but the police vehicle remained in front of him until the light had turned red then green again. The police vehicle began moving but suddenly swerved and stopped. An officer, identified via investigation as PO Emilio Ortega of the 79th Precinct, got out of the vehicle and approached [redacted] (Allegation A). [redacted] window was open and he was playing loud music. PO Ortega leaned inside the vehicle (Allegation B) and attempted to turn the music down, then leaned back out of the vehicle and told him to turn it down. PO Ortega then reached in again and punched [redacted] left cheek, leaving a bruise (Allegation C), told him never to honk at a police officer again, and returned to his vehicle, then drove away. [redacted] went to [redacted] where he was diagnosed with a contusion and prescribed Naproxen for pain. [redacted] was not issued a summons or arrested. Read report for details.