Complaint #201902845,
April 3, 2019

Summary

In the morning of April 3, 2019, at approximately 7:00 a.m., [redacted] woke up to banging on his apartment door. [redacted] lives at [redacted] in Brooklyn. [redacted] approached his door and had a brief exchange with someone on the other side, who identified themselves as a police officer. After approximately twenty minutes, Detective David Hudgens, Detective James Quirk, Detective Piero Lasaponara, and Lieutenant William Diab of the Brooklyn South Warrants Squad broke down [redacted] front door using a ram (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). The officers entered [redacted] apartment (Allegations B and C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Allegations D and E: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] with their guns pointed (Allegations F-I: Force, [redacted]) and allegedly stated, "Why the fuck didn't you open the door? (Allegations J-M: Discourtesy, [redacted]). [redacted] was handcuffed and removed from his apartment, when he was in the hallway, he heard an officer say, "What a fuckin' idiot" (Allegation N: Discourtesy, [redacted]).
After approximately thirty minutes, the officers brought [redacted] back into his apartment and spoke to him in his living room. During this conversation, Det. Hudgens told [redacted] "All of her shit is still here" (Allegation O: Discourtesy, [redacted]). Several minutes later, Det. Quirk, speaking to [redacted] stated, "Get rid of that fuckin' BB gun, it's illegal" (Allegation P: Discourtesy, [redacted]). After this, the officers left. Read report for details.