Complaint #202000924,
February 3, 2020

Summary

On February 3, 2020, at approximately 3:30 p.m., [redacted] and an unidentified young male friend were walking eastbound on the north side of Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn, from Euclid Avenue towards Pine Street, heading home from school. The three young men interacted with Police Officer Marina Andrade and Police Officer Christopher Bracco, both of the 75th Precinct, as the officers drove west on Linden Boulevard past the young men. During the interaction, the unidentified young male told the officers, "Suck my dick." [redacted] and the unidentified young male proceeded to cross Linden Boulevard from the north side to the south side. Police Officer Andrade turned the police car around, drove over a median and parked on the central median. Police Officer Bracco and Police Officer Andrade exited their vehicle and pursued the young men. Police Officer Bracco and Police Officer Andrade stopped [redacted] and [redacted] and attempted to stop the unidentified young male (Allegations A- F: Abuse of Authority - Stop - [redacted]). During this interaction, [redacted] and [redacted] were placed in handcuffs by Police Officer Bracco and Police Officer Andrade, respectively. Police Officer Bracco used the words "fucking" and "shit" several times while speaking to [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegations G-H: Discourtesy - Word - [redacted]). Police Officer Andrade frisked and searched [redacted] (Allegation I: Abuse of Authority - Frisk - [redacted] and Allegation J: Abuse of Authority - Search - [redacted]). Police Officer Bracco and Police Officer Andrade told [redacted] that he could be taken to the stationhouse (Allegations K and L: Abuse of Authority - Threat of Arrest [redacted]). [redacted] and [redacted] were eventually released and were not given summonses. Police Officer Bracco and Police Officer Andrade did not provide RTKA business cards to [redacted] or [redacted] (Allegations M-N: Abuse of Authority - Failure to Provide RTKA Card - [redacted] and Allegations O-P: Abuse of Authority - Failure to Provide RTKA Card... Read report for details.