Complaint #202004828,
June 28, 2020

Summary

On June 28, 2020, at approximately 4:00 p.m., people gathered in Washington Square Park after the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March.
On Washington Square Park North, midway between 5th Avenue and Washington Square Park South, a marked NYPD van, in which officers who had been hit with pepper spray were receiving treatment, was parked facing eastbound. People surrounded the van, and officers, some of whom were holding batons, and PO Bryan Pizzimenti of the 122nd Precinct, pushed through the crowd to get to the van (Allegations A and B: Force – Physical Force, [redacted] Allegations C and D: Force – Nightstick as Club (incl asp & baton), [redacted]). PO Pizzimenti, while holding either end of his baton with both of his hands, ran toward people in the crowd, including [redacted] who was approaching from the west, and made pushing motions toward them (Allegations E and F: Abuse of Authority – Threat of Force, [redacted]). [redacted] stood directly in front of PO Pizzimenti and, when they refused to get out of the street, PO Pizzimenti pushed [redacted] back with his baton (Allegation G: Force -Nightstick as Club (incl asp & baton), [redacted]) and then allegedly punched [redacted] in the chest with his right hand and then, with the same hand, pushed them further back (Allegations H and I: Force – Physical Force, [redacted]).
PO Pizzimenti and other officers (including PO Joseph Wall and PO Anthony Ruggiero, both of the 122nd Precinct, pushed back through [redacted] toward the van using their hands and batons (Subsumed under allegations A, B, C, and D; Allegations J and K: Force -Nightstick as Club (incl asp & baton), [redacted]). As PO Pizzimenti was pushing through the crowd of people, he yelled, "Get the fuck off me!" (Allegation L: Discourtesy – Word, [redacted]).
Once PO Pizzimenti, PO Wall, PO Ruggiero, and the other officers were through the crowd and at the rear of the van, [redacted] turned to face the rear of the van and linked arms with the people immediately next to them.... Read report for details.