Complaint #201905901,
July 1, 2019

Summary

At approximately 5:15 p.m. on July 1, 2019, [redacted] knocked on the first-floor window of his home located at [redacted], Brooklyn, because he had forgotten his cellphone. At the time, [redacted] brother, [redacted] his three nieces, and his sister-in-law were in the home. One of [redacted] nieces gave him his cellphone and he walked down the street. [redacted] a female individual called 9-1-1 and reported a burglary in progress. PO Abigail Brunner and PO Patrick Leonard from the 69th Precinct responded. PO Brunner and PO Leonard approached [redacted] and stood in front of him (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority - [redacted] PO Leonard allegedly placed his hand inside of the front of [redacted] pants (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority [redacted] PO Leonard grabbed the back of [redacted] neck and used his feet to take [redacted] to the ground (Allegation D: Force - [redacted] PO David Wu, PO Patrick Gourlay, PO Jack Palleschi, PO Lorraine Figueroa, PO Haris Feratovic, PO Steven Goldin, PO Nico Hewitt, PO Ashley Raff, and Sgt. Thomas Rodriguez from the 69th Precinct arrived on scene. In the course of taking [redacted] into police custody, multiple officers used force against [redacted] (Allegations E-N: Force - [redacted] PO Brunner removed her Taser and pointed it at [redacted] (Allegation O: Abuse of Authority [redacted] A male officer allegedly told [redacted] "Shut up. Nigger, shut up" (Allegation P: Offensive Language - [redacted] PO Palleschi and Sgt. Rodriguez lifted [redacted] and walked with him to a patrol vehicle. PO Palleschi and Sgt. Rodriguez searched [redacted] (Allegations Q and R: Abuse of Authority - [redacted] underwear remained exposed during the search (Allegations S and T: Discourtesy - [redacted] [redacted] was in the process of sitting in the patrol vehicle and Sgt. Rodriguez allegedly punched [redacted] in the stomach (Allegations U and V: Force - [redacted] [redacted] sat in the patrol vehicle and was transported to the 69th Precinct stationhouse. [redacted] was ultimately arrested... Read report for details.