| Officer: | Farrell, Brian |
|---|---|
| Complainant: | Black Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Farrell, Brian |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Exonerated |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 21-24 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Officer: | Unknown Officer |
| Complainant: | Male |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Property damaged |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Officer: | Quirk, James |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Quirk, James |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Question |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer: | Murphy, Matthew |
| Complainant: | Black Male, 21 |
| Allegation: | Abuse of Authority: Search of recording device |
| CCRB Conclusion: | Unsubstantiated |
| Officer | Complainant | Allegation | CCRB Conclusion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrell, Brian | Black Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Interference with recording | Unsubstantiated |
| Farrell, Brian | Abuse of Authority: Premises entered and/or searched | Exonerated | |
| Unknown Officer | Black Male, 21-24 | Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Unknown Officer | Male | Abuse of Authority: Property damaged | Officer(s) Unidentified |
| Quirk, James | Black Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest | Unsubstantiated |
| Quirk, James | Black Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Question | Unsubstantiated |
| Murphy, Matthew | Black Male, 21 | Abuse of Authority: Search of recording device | Unsubstantiated |
Further details on conclusions.
On September 18, 2016, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Sergeant Brian Farrell, Detective Corey Gresko, and Police Officer James Quirk of the Manhattan Warrant Section and Detective Matthew Murphy of Detective Bureau Manhattan South went to [redacted] in Manhattan, to investigate an arrest warrant and a bench warrant for [redacted] (Board Review 20). [redacted] owns the apartment, but at that time [redacted] was home alone. [redacted] informed the officers that he did not know where [redacted] his brother, was. He then requested to see the arrest warrant. When Sgt. Farrell told [redacted] that he could not see the arrest warrant at that time (see third to last paragraph below), [redacted] closed and locked the door on the officers.
Sgt. Farrell commanded [redacted] to open the door of the apartment. Sgt. Farrell told [redacted] that he had "10 seconds" to open the door of the apartment before he knocked the door down (see Allegations not pled section below). [redacted] called his mother, [redacted] via FaceTime and informed her that officers were at the door and that they were threatening to break the door down. [redacted] then instructed [redacted] to open the door.
When [redacted] opened the door, Sgt. Farrell entered the apartment (Allegation A) with the aforementioned officers. Sgt. Farrell, who entered first, allegedly said, "Stop the recording. He is filming. Cut the phone off"; however, [redacted] was not recording, he was on a FaceTime call with his mother (Allegation B). PO Quirk pulled [redacted] into the kitchen of the apartment and he allegedly placed [redacted] in handcuffs. As PO Quirk was handcuffing [redacted], Det. Murphy allegedly powered [redacted]'s phone off (Allegation C). An officer stood at the entrance of the kitchen and allegedly said, "This is why we have guns, next time I will shoot" (Allegation D).
Sgt. Farrell and Det. Gresko continued into the back of the apartment to conduct a search. While the search was conducted, [redacted] was kept in the kitchen with PO Quirk and Det. Murphy....
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