Complaint #202004326,
June 1, 2020

Summary

On June 1, 2020, [redacted] and [redacted] attended a march in Manhattan that began at Union Square Park and was supposed to conclude at Trump Tower in Midtown. When the protest reached the West 50s and Sixth Avenue, some individuals began looting businesses, and calls for backup soon began bombarding the radio around the 18th precinct (Midtown North). Just before 8:42 p.m., [redacted] passed West 55th Street and Sixth Avenue, approaching West 56th Street, and [redacted] and [redacted] began recording a video on his cell phone. At some point, Lieutenant Richard Mack of Strategic Response Group 4 engaged his pepper spray toward a group of individuals running toward him (Allegation A: Force – Pepper Spray, Exonerated). Sergeant George Kalogeropoulos and his officers, Police Officers Liosmely Holguin, Katherine Osipowich, and Jason Brown, all from the Midtown North Precinct, exited their vehicle parked in the middle of the road. [redacted] saw Police Officer Osipowich running toward a protester kneeling on the sidewalk, and [redacted] ran between Police Officer Osipowich and the protester. After a few seconds of yelling and fighting between [redacted] other protesters, and officers, Police Officer Holguin lifted her baton three feet into the air and brought it straight down, hitting [redacted] on the right side of her face (Allegation B: Force – Baton Strike, Substantiated). [redacted] the struggle. [redacted] felt with her tongue that her tooth was chipped and walked away from ran over to [redacted] to check that she was okay, and she said she had been hit in the face by an officer and was bleeding. [redacted] and [redacted] walked over to Sergeant Keith Bryan of the Central Robbery Division, who was standing at the edge of the sidewalk pacing back and forth guarding an arrestee. For several minutes, [redacted] and [redacted] [redacted] tried to speak with Sergeant Bryan and obtain the name of the officer who hit Sergeant Bryan did not respond to most of their questions and requests, including when [redacted] told... Read report for details.