Complaint #202004861,
June 21, 2020

Summary

On June 21, 2020, at approximately 8:00 p.m., [redacted] was outside of his family residence at [redacted] in Staten Island, when he became involved in a verbal altercation with a few unidentified neighbors, that resulted in the neighbors calling 911. Approximately 10 minutes later, Police Officer Nicole Latona and Police Officer Michael Galluccio, of the 121st Precinct responded, and a few minutes later, Police Officer James Moussa and Police Officer James Barbee, of the 121st Precinct, responded along with EMS. After speaking with the EMTs, PO Latona, PO Galluccio, PO Moussa, and PO Barbee forcibly removed [redacted] to [redacted] (Allegations A, B, C, and D: Abuse of Authority—Forcible Removal to Hospital, [redacted]). As [redacted] was being escorted to the waiting ambulance by PO Moussa and PO Barbee, PO Latona and PO Galluccio entered [redacted]s family residence (Allegations E and F: Abuse of Authority—Entry of Premises, [redacted]), and searched therein (Allegations G and H: Abuse of Authority—Search of Premises, [redacted]).
At approximately 9:30 p.m. that evening, after [redacted] picked up [redacted] from [redacted] they went to the 121st Precinct stationhouse, wherein [redacted] attempted to file a complaint with regard to the earlier incident. PO Moussa and PO Barbee allegedly refused to process [redacted]s complaint (Allegations I and J: Abuse of Authority—Refusal to Process Civilian Complaint, [redacted]), and directed him toward a CCRB flyer within the stationhouse. [redacted] took out his cell phone to take a photograph of the flyer, wherein PO Moussa informed [redacted] that he was not allowed to record within the stationhouse, and warned that if he continued recording, he would arrested (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority—Threat of Arrest, [redacted]). When [redacted] refused, and continued attempting and take a photo of the flyer with his cell phone, PO Moussa approached [redacted] causing him to put his cell phone away, and leave the stationhouse with [redacted] out of fear of being arrested... Read report for details.