Complaint #202004474,
May 30, 2020

Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male, 35-39
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male, 35-39
Allegation: Force: Police shield
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Adetimirin, Justin
Complainant: Male
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male, 35-39
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Male, 35-39 Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Male, 35-39 Force: Police shield Officer(s) Unidentified
Adetimirin, Justin Male Force: Physical force Substantiated (Command Discipline A)
Unknown Officer Male, 35-39 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment Officer(s) Unidentified

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalty

Adetimirin, Justin
No Disciplinary Action-DUP
No penalty

Summary

On the evening of May 30, 2020, [redacted] attended a protest that stopped at Bedford Avenue and Church Avenue in Brooklyn at approximately 9:30 p.m., where hundreds of civilians and officers gathered in the intersection. At approximately 10:20 p.m., when [redacted] was standing in front of the post office at 2273 Church Avenue and filming with his cell phone, a firework went off in front of the Shell Gas Station. Officers began running after civilians, and Police Officer Justin Adetimirin of the 81st Precinct pushed an unidentified individual (Allegation A: Physical Force, [redacted]). Within seconds, [redacted] turned to his left and saw a male officer with a plastic shield run toward him and allegedly push him with his shield, causing him to fall onto the ground and hit his head (Allegation B: Force- Shield, and Allegation C: Physical Force, [redacted]). [redacted] passed out, and when he woke up, he had terrible pain all over his body, including his head, ribs, arms, and legs. A tall black male officer allegedly came up to him and said, "You gotta go, you gotta go. Are you okay?," to which [redacted] said, "No, I need help, I need an ambulance." Allegedly, the officer immediately walked away without calling an ambulance for [redacted] (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority- Refusal to Obtain Medical Treatment, [redacted]). [redacted] was not arrested or summonsed, but he was eventually transported by a ambulance to [redacted] Hospital in Brooklyn. Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 30, 2020
Received: June 19, 2020
Closed: November 1, 2021

Reason for contact: Demonstration/protest
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 70th Precinct Brooklyn
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Bledi Binaj, Jonathan Connors, Tarik Haywood, Dionnys Hernandez, Adnan Hussain, Dylan Mccann, Michael Sher, Adrian Theobald, Yevgeny Vaks, Fitzroy Vigilance
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected