Complaint #201909896,
November 10, 2019

Summary

On November 10, 2019, at 8:21 p.m., [redacted] a 5'1" tall, 144-pound, [redacted]-old female called 911 to report that her neighbors pushed her at her residence at [redacted] in Brooklyn. Police Officers Ernesto Marks and Yuhui Chen of the 66th Precinct responded to her home at [redacted]. The officers spoke with [redacted] and her neighbor from [redacted], then left the building without taking any action. At 9:36 p.m., [redacted] called 911 again, and Police Officers Marks and Chen responded again. [redacted] spoke with the officers at the threshold of her door. Police Officer Marks handcuffed [redacted] screamed several times that she needed to "close her home" and told the officers they could not go inside her apartment. Each officer held one of [redacted]'s arms and walked her downstairs to an ambulance (Allegations A and B: Abuse of Authority- Forcible Removal to Hospital). Police Officer Chen then went into [redacted]'s apartment with her superintendent to look for her key to lock her door (Allegation C, Abuse of Authority- Entry of Premises, Allegation D, Abuse of Authority- Search of Premises). Neither Police Officer Chen nor the superintendent found the key nor could they lock the door from the inside. Police Officer Chen went downstairs to the ambulance. [redacted] told her friend where her keys were in her apartment, and again that the officers could not enter the apartment. Police Officer Chen followed the friend into the apartment to find the key and lock the door (within Allegations C and D). [redacted] was transported by ambulance to [redacted], where she was psychiatrically evaluated and then released. Read report for details.