Complaint #202004179,
May 29, 2020

Summary

On May 29, 2020, at approximately 9:10 p.m., [redacted] and [redacted] were attending a Black Lives Matter march with several hundred other protesters, headed eastbound on Dekalb Avenue towards Classon Avenue in Brooklyn. When the protestors, who were marching in the street, reached the 88th Precinct stationhouse, Captain Ryon Malcom of the 88th Precinct authorized officers to push the crowd onto the sidewalk (Allegation A - Force, [redacted]). Shortly afterwards, Chief Jeffrey Maddrey of Patrol Borough Brooklyn North ordered a line of unidentified officers to push the crowd westbound on Dekalb Avenue (Allegations B, C, and D – Force, [redacted]) (Allegation E - Force, [redacted]) [redacted] observed officers wrestling with protesters in the street (Allegation F - Force, [redacted]). An unidentified officer, PO1, pushed [redacted] who fell back into [redacted] which caused them both to fall to the ground (Allegation G-Force, [redacted]). [redacted] stood up and began walking away when another unidentified officer, PO2, pushed her in the back with his baton twice in quick succession, first hitting her right arm and then hitting her left hand, which resulted in a fractured left index finger (Allegation H – Force, [redacted]) [redacted] saw multiple other unidentified officers strike unidentified protesters with their batons (Allegation I - Force, [redacted]). As [redacted] and multiple other unidentified protestors attempted to leave the protest, a group of unidentified officers, including PO3, used riot shields to push them against a fence (Allegation J, K, and L – Force, [redacted]) and an officer, PO3, told them to "Get the fuck out of here" (Allegation M, N, and O - Discourtesy, [redacted]) [redacted] and [redacted] were not arrested or summonsed. Read report for details.