Complaint #201700329,
January 7, 2017

Summary

On January 7, 2017, at approximately 1:20 a.m., [redacted] took a taxi from Manhattan to his girlfriend's mother's apartment in Brooklyn. [redacted] stated that he prepaid the driver in cash at the beginning of the trip and that, although he had a two or three beers earlier that night, he was not intoxicated. However, when the taxi arrived at [redacted], the driver informed [redacted] that the meter had been running and that he still needed to pay his fare. [redacted] refused to pay the additional fare, exited the cab, and rang the bell to [redacted].
Shortly after [redacted] entered the apartment, PO Peggy Alves and PO Tarik Haywood of the 70th Precinct knocked on the apartment's front door and asked if anyone inside had just taken a taxi. [redacted] stood in the doorway – but fully inside the apartment – and argued with the officers over whether or not he had paid the fare. During this argument, PO Alves placed her foot over the threshold of the apartment's front door (Allegation A). Additional officers arrived at the scene and brought the taxi driver, [redacted] upstairs for a show-up. [redacted] confirmed that [redacted] was his passenger and that he had not paid his fare. PO Haywood, along with PO Miguel Salgado and PO Frank Fiorenza, also of the 70th Precinct, reached across the threshold of the doorway, grabbed [redacted] arms, and pulled him out of the apartment into the hallway (Allegations B, C, and D). The officers informed [redacted] that he was being arrested. [redacted] verbally protested but did not physically resist the officers. As PO Haywood and PO Salgado handcuffed [redacted] PO Salgado allegedly placed his palm on the back of [redacted] head and slammed it against the wall, resulting in a laceration above [redacted] left eyebrow and a bloodstain on the wall (Allegation E). After [redacted] was handcuffed, officers searched him and retrieved his cell phone. [redacted] asked the officers to give the phone to his girlfriend, [redacted] who was watching nearby. PO Alves allegedly tossed... Read report for details.