Complaint #202004771,
June 2, 2020

Officer: Unknown Officer
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: White Male, 25-29
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: White Male, 25-29
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: White Male, 25-29
Allegation: Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton)
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Black Female, 25-29
Allegation: Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton)
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer: Biondo, Matthew
Complainant: White Male, 25-29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Zheng, Songbo
Complainant: White Male, 25-29
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment
CCRB Conclusion: Unfounded
Officer: Unknown Officer
Allegation: Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton)
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Unknown Officer Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer White Male, 25-29 Force: Physical force Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer White Male, 25-29 Discourtesy: Word Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer White Male, 25-29 Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton) Officer(s) Unidentified
Unknown Officer Black Female, 25-29 Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton) Officer(s) Unidentified
Biondo, Matthew White Male, 25-29 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment Unfounded
Zheng, Songbo White Male, 25-29 Abuse of Authority: Refusal to obtain medical treatment Unfounded
Unknown Officer Force: Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton) Officer(s) Unidentified

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.

Further details on conclusions.


Summary

On June 2, 2020, at approximately 9:50 p.m., [redacted] was with a group of protestors in Union Square in Manhattan walking westbound on 14th Street. When they got to 5th Avenue, officers instructed [redacted] to get onto the sidewalk. [redacted] complied, at which point an officer struck [redacted] in the leg with his baton (Allegation A: Force Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton, [redacted]) and told him to get on the ground, which he did.
When no one handcuffed him, [redacted] stood up and walked southbound on 5th Avenue while linking arms with approximately eight to 10 other protestors, including [redacted]
On the same date, at approximately 10:00 p.m., as [redacted] and the other protestors were approaching 13th Street, a group of approximately 15 officers approached them and physically separated them (Allegation B: Force – Physical Force, [redacted]), and an officer struck the protestors, including [redacted] with their batons (Allegations C and D: Force – Nightstick as club (incl asp & baton, [redacted])). [redacted] felt the officers hitting him on all sides and punching and kicking him (Allegation E: Force - Physical Force, [redacted]). [redacted] lost consciousness, and when he woke, he was in zip ties and was bleeding from a wound to his head.
PO Matthew Ansbro, of the Transit Bureau Citywide Vandals Task Force, brought [redacted] to the intersection of 14th Street and 5th Avenue, where he handed him off to PO Matthew Biondo, also of the Transit Bureau Citywide Vandals Task Force.
On June 3, 2020, at approximately, 1:30 a.m., [redacted] was transported to the Red Hook Community Justice Center in Brooklyn, and, while he was waiting at the entrance, an officer allegedly told him, in reference to his head injury, "At least you look like a badass now!" (Allegation F: Discourtesy – Word, [redacted]). A nurse, [redacted] cleaned the blood from [redacted]'s head, and an officer lodged him in a holding cell.
While waiting to be processed, a fellow protestor asked for medical attention on... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: June 2, 2020
Received: July 2, 2020
Closed: April 14, 2022

Reason for contact: Demonstration/protest
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 13th Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: Arrest - other violation/crime

Witness Officers: Salvator Anselmo, James Arenella, Atif Chohan, Vincent Cuomo, Christopher Garcia, Steven Hellman, Matthew Hughes, Katlyn Kang, Wandy Lopez, Cesar Mejia, Thomas Nostramo, Erica Rivera, Melissa Rocke, Joseph Rosso, Kevin Shaw, Nikoy Wallace, Stuart Wohl, Vince Wu, Kristin Zuzzolo
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected