Complaint #202005820,
July 28, 2020

Officer: Anuskiewicz, Roy
Complainant: Black Male
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical)
CCRB Conclusion: Substantiated (Charges)
Officer: Anuskiewicz, Roy
Complainant: Female
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated
CCRB Board Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Board Conclusion
Anuskiewicz, Roy Black Male Abuse of Authority: Threat of force (verbal or physical) Substantiated (Charges)
Anuskiewicz, Roy Female Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
CCRB Investigator Recommendation: Substantiated

Conclusion Meanings:

'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.

Further details on conclusions.


Penalty

Anuskiewicz, Roy
Closed: Previously adjudicated, with discipline, June 23, 2021
APU Closed: Previously adjudicated, with discipline
Instructions

Summary

On July 28, 2020, at approximately 1:48 a.m., Ms. B [redacted] and a male victim (Ms. B [redacted] declined to provide a name or contact information for this person) were walking past City Hall Park at the intersection of Park Row and Spruce Street in Manhattan. Ms. B [redacted] and the male victim saw PO R [redacted] H [redacted], PO A [redacted] I [redacted], PO S [redacted] A, PO Lallit Beharry, PO S [redacted] E [redacted], and Lieutenant L [redacted] W [redacted] all of the 23rd Precinct, standing by the gate surrounding City Hall Park. When Ms. B [redacted] saw PO A [redacted] and four of the other officers smoking cigars, Ms. B [redacted] asked them if they were allowed to smoke while on duty. One of the officers told her that they were celebratory cigars for the recently passed city budget and for clearing out the encampment of protestors that had taken up residence in City Hall Park a few days prior. In response to this, Ms. B [redacted] told the officers, "Have a terrible night!" PO A [redacted] responded to Ms. B [redacted], "Suck my dick!" The male victim asked PO A [redacted] why he had said that to Ms. B [redacted] and, after speaking for a couple minutes, PO A [redacted] moved close to the male victim and yelled, "Come on this side!" while pointing to the ground on his side of a metal barricade separating the street and the sidewalk. PO L [redacted] I [redacted], PO Beharry, PO H [redacted], PO A, PO B [redacted] and Lieutenant W [redacted] approached PO A [redacted] Ms. B [redacted] and the male victim then walked away from the scene. PO A [redacted], PO H [redacted], PO A, PO Beharry, PO E [redacted], and Lieutenant W [redacted] did not record the incident on their body-worn cameras (BR 16)
Ms. B [redacted] took cell phone video of a portion of this incident (BR 01 and BR 02). There was no other video of the incident. No arrests or summonses resulted from this incident. This case was added to the sensitive case list due to substantial social media engagement on Twitter and Instagram (BR 17, BR... Read report for details.


Details

Incident: July 28, 2020
Received: August 25, 2020
Closed: June 23, 2021
Last Updated: February 18, 2026

Reason for contact: Other
Location: Street/highway
In NYPD 1st Precinct Manhattan
Outcome: No arrest made or summons issued

Witness Officers: Jefferson Allie, Lallit Beharry, Sheldon Elliott, Savonn Hillcecil, Anthony Lorusso, Lawrence Wang
Video evidence collected