Complaint #201907896,
August 28, 2019

Summary

On August 28, 2019, at approximately 10:25 a.m., [redacted] stole a gold chain from a subway passenger at the Gun Hill Road "2" station in the Bronx and fled on foot into [redacted] pursued by Police Officers Ricardo Gaztambide and Kermar McKenzie of Transit District 12. PO Gaztambide and PO McKenzie entered [redacted] briefly searched the apartment for [redacted] and failed to provide business cards to the occupants (Allegations A-C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Officers proceeded to a hallway outside the entrance of [redacted] and [redacted]. Detective Jeremiah Williams, of the Criminal Intelligence Section but permanently assigned to the 47th Precinct, did not provide his name upon request to [redacted], one of the occupants of [redacted] (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Deputy Inspector Peter Rose of Transit Borough Bronx/Queens directed officers to forcibly enter [redacted] prompting officers to threaten to break down the door and to subsequently enter and search the apartment without providing business cards to any occupants (Allegations H-K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] and [redacted] leapt out of a [redacted] floor window and fled on foot while attempting to evade custody, fracturing his left ankle in the process. While attempting to apprehend [redacted], Police Officer David Cooper of the 47th Precinct fired his Taser, striking [redacted] and Police Officer Sherman Tyson of the 47th Precinct pulled [redacted] off of a fence and onto the ground (Allegations L-M: Force, [redacted]).
Police Officer Charles Alexander of the 47th Precinct approached [redacted] called [redacted] a "bitch" and a "fucking piece of shit," and used other iterations of "shit" and "fuck" while speaking to [redacted] (Allegation N: Offensive Language, [redacted], Allegation O: Discourtesy, [redacted]). PO Alexander allegedly stomped on [redacted]'s ankle (Allegation P: Force, [redacted]). PO Alexander lifted and carried [redacted] by his ankles and roughly dropped his ankles to the ground. PO... Read report for details.