Complaint #201506367,
July 30, 2015

Summary

On July 30, 2015, at approximately 7:00 p.m., [redacted] was walking towards his home, located at [redacted] in the Bronx, after frequenting a Dunkin Donuts approximately ten blocks away. Approximately 30 minutes prior to going to the Dunkin Donuts that day, [redacted] smoked a single marijuana joint in his apartment. When [redacted] went to Dunkin Donuts he was wearing an undershirt and shorts. [redacted] was carrying a knife and a small bag of marijuana, approximately one joint's worth, in his front right pants pocket. While walking home from Dunkin Donuts, [redacted] was joined by an acquaintance known to him only by the street name of [redacted] As [redacted] and [redacted] were walking, [redacted] picked up a branch approximately 18" inches long that had been lying on the sidewalk, and began to walk with it. [redacted] who suffers from permanent brain damage as a result of head trauma he sustained in 1994, frequently walks with a cane and a portable chair. On this day however, he was walking with neither, and was using the branch as a walking stick. As [redacted] and [redacted] were walking, [redacted] began to twirl the branch in the air. [redacted] denied swinging the branch at anyone or anything, and did not hit anyone or anything with the branch.
Upon reaching [redacted], approximately one block away from [redacted] s home, PO Jeremy Grossman and PO Shamrat Akanda of the 49th Precinct exited their car and approached [redacted]. As the officers approached [redacted], [redacted] walked away from [redacted] and did not have any interaction with either officer. PO Grossman stopped [redacted] and asked him what he was doing with the branch, and where he got it from, (Allegations A and B). [redacted] asked why he was being stopped, to which PO Grossman stated that he stopped [redacted] because he was twirling the branch in a dangerous manner. PO Grossman then told [redacted] that he was going to frisk him, and asked [redacted] if he had anything on his person that he should not have. [redacted] replied that... Read report for details.