Complaint #201901320,
February 7, 2019

Summary

On February 7th, 2019, Police Officer James Priore, Police Officer Manny Sharma, Police Officer Nazir Abdul, and Sergeant Damon Martin, all of the 75th Precinct, responded to [redacted] s apartment, at [redacted] in Brooklyn. The officers attempted to gain entry into [redacted] s apartment on behalf of [redacted] s daughter, [redacted] who wanted to retrieve some belongings from [redacted] s apartment. [redacted] told the officers that neither the officers nor her daughter, [redacted] could enter the apartment without a court order. Sgt. Martin told [redacted] that if she did not allow her daughter inside of the apartment, someone might get arrested for unlawful eviction (Allegation A: Threat of Arrest, [redacted]). Roughly fourteen minutes into the interaction between [redacted] and the officers, [redacted] entered her apartment, and told the officers that she would be inside for "a minute." Sgt. Martin followed [redacted] into her apartment (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority – Home Entry, [redacted]) and allegedly pushed [redacted] further into her apartment (Allegation C: Physical Force, [redacted]). [redacted] and her fiancé, [redacted] were both arrested inside of [redacted] 's apartment. At some point after [redacted] was handcuffed, Sgt. Martin allegedly yanked [redacted] handcuffs upward, toward her back, three consecutive times (Allegation D: Physical Force, [redacted]).
On February 8th, 2019, while still in NYPD custody, [redacted] was transported from the 75th Precinct stationhouse to the [redacted] where she sought treatment for high blood pressure. When [redacted] returned from the hospital to the 75th Precinct stationhouse, an officer allegedly viewed [redacted] s medical records, and, in the presence of other officers, remarked upon the treatment that [redacted] received at [redacted] (Allegation E: Abuse of Authority – Improper Dissemination of Medical Information, [redacted]). Read report for details.