Complaint #201509070,
October 22, 2015

Summary

On October 22, 2015, at approximately 7:55 p.m., [redacted] was standing outside of a liquor store at the corner Sheffield Avenue and Sutter Avenue in Brooklyn. [redacted] had just opened a 16 oz. can of Busch Beer, which he had purchased inside of the liquor store. [redacted] s can was mostly concealed inside a black plastic shopping bag. Before [redacted] had a chance to drink from the can, PO Tyler Marshall and PO Stephen Barounis of the 75th Precinct approached [redacted] PO Marshall and PO Barounis were also with PPO Joseph Sousa from the NYPD Police Academy. PO Marshall said to [redacted] "You're drinking a beer." [redacted] denied that he was drinking a beer. PO Marshall told [redacted] to let him see what was in the bag multiple times. [redacted] refused repeatedly, because he did not believe that PO Marshall could tell that he was holding a beer. [redacted] walked a couple of feet away from the officers, but PO Barounis stopped him by blocking his path and PO Marshall asked to see his ID (Allegations A and B). [redacted] complied by pulling out his wallet and starting to take out his ID. Before he could pull his ID out, PO Marshall hit [redacted] Is arm and thus knocked the can of beer to the ground (Allegation C). PO Marshall told [redacted] that he knew [redacted] had a beer.s [redacted] was then handcuffed and made to stand against a wall. While against the wall, PO Marshall frisked the outside of [redacted] Is pockets and waistband (Allegation D). PO Marshall then wrote [redacted] criminal summons# [redacted] for [redacted] was then released and the officers walked away from the scene. Read report for details.