Complaint #201803349,
April 4, 2018

Summary

On April 4, 2018, at approximately 5:00 P.M., [redacted] was driving with her friends [redacted] and [redacted] whose full name [redacted] did not know, when she had an argument with a man at a gas station at 39th Avenue and 21st Street in Queens. The man followed her in her vehicle, which was a red Dodge with license plate [redacted], as she picked up her son [redacted]. At approximately 5:41 P.M. at 27th Avenue and 4th Street in Queens, [redacted] was stopped by several police vehicles, with approximately 10 officers responding in total (Allegations A-F, Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). PO Joseph Montano of the 114th Precinct approached [redacted]'s vehicle, saying "Put your hands up," and "You got a firearm." PO Montano attempted to open the rear driver's side door where [redacted] was sitting, and [redacted] said that [redacted] was only [redacted] old, two which PO Montano allegedly replied, "I don't give a shit, you have a firearm" (Allegation G, Discourtesy: [redacted]). PO Sean O'Neill of the 114th Precinct, who was PO Montano's partner, opened [redacted]'s door and PO Montano allegedly grabbed her by the arm and pulled her out of the vehicle (Allegation H, Force: [redacted]). Two unidentified officers searched the vehicle and [redacted] later found her belongings thrown around the car (Allegation I, Abuse of Authority: [redacted]). [redacted] asked all of the officers present for their names and shield numbers, but only two, identified by the investigation as PO Thomas Camastro and PO Patrick O'Brien of the 114th Precinct, provided their contact cards at the scene (Allegations J-M, Abust of Authority: [redacted]; Allegations N-R, Abuse of Authority: [redacted]; Allegation S, Abuse of Authority: [redacted]).
Brief cell phone video footage of the incident was provided by [redacted]. Read report for details.