Complaint #202003810,
May 30, 2020

Summary

On May 30th, 2020, [redacted] and her sister, [redacted] participated in a George Floyd/Black Lives Matter demonstration at the intersection of Bedford and Tilden Avenues in Brooklyn. At about 5:25 p.m., Police Officer Christopher Pierre and many other police officers began clearing protesters from Bedford Avenue, to make way for an NYPD RMP that was transporting a prisoner. PO Pierre threatened to push and pepper spray [redacted] if she did not move out of the way [Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Threat of Force, [redacted]]. PO Pierre then repeatedly used his baton to shove [redacted] toward the side of Bedford Avenue [Allegation B: Force – Nightstick, [redacted]]. PO Pierre also used his baton to shove an unidentified woman repeatedly [Allegation C: Nightstick, [redacted]] and [redacted] a single time [Allegation D: Force – Nightstick, [redacted]].
About twenty minutes later, multiple officers shoved protesters toward the western sidewalk on Bedford Avenue in the course of trying to apprehend two protesters [Allegation E: Force - Physical Force, [redacted]]. Lt. Ramiro Ruiz, assigned at the time to the 70th Precinct, pepper sprayed a man that was attempting to prevent officers from taking one of these protesters into custody [Allegation F: Force – Pepper Spray, [redacted]]. Seconds later, Lt. Ramiro Ruiz pepper sprayed [redacted] [Allegation G: Force – Pepper Spray, [redacted]]. Shortly thereafter, an officer pepper sprayed an unidentified male protester [Allegation H: Force – Pepper Spray, [redacted]]. Read report for details.