Complaint #202006527,
September 27, 2020

Summary

On September 27, 2020, at approximately 3:00 AM, Police Officer B [redacted], Police Officer Salvatore Rizzo, Police Officer B [redacted], Police Officer T [redacted] and Police Officer E [redacted] of the Criminal Intelligence Section and other Members of Service (MOS) from the same command and the 67th Precinct approached R [redacted] parked car, where he and his brother P [redacted] were asleep, outside [redacted] East 49th Street in Brooklyn. Since then, PO B [redacted], PO B [redacted], PO T [redacted] and PO L [redacted] have all been promoted to Detective. The MOS initially intended to do a wellness check on the two sleeping individuals, but after they woke up R [redacted] in the driver's seat and had him roll down his window, they smelled the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle (Allegations A,B, C & D: Abuse of Authority –Stop, Exonerated). R [redacted] movements as he woke up caused PO B [redacted] and PO D [redacted] to believe he might be shifting into drive from park in order to flee. This caused PO B [redacted] to reach into the open window and hold R [redacted] against the seat while PO D [redacted] reached in to open the door to unlock it from inside. (Allegation E & F: Abuse of Authority – Vehicle Search, Exonerated). While doing so, PO B [redacted] used profanity when speaking to R [redacted] (Allegation G: Discourtesy – Word, Exonerated).
At approximately the same time, PO Rizzo approached the rear passenger door where P [redacted] was still asleep. When he woke up, he put his right hand between the seat and the door and PO Rizzo pulled out his gun and pointed it for approximately two seconds at P [redacted] chest (Allegation H: Force – Gun Pointed, Substantiated).
The officers told the N [redacted] brothers to exit the vehicle and PO D [redacted] frisked R [redacted] and PO B [redacted] frisked P [redacted] (Allegations I & J: Abuse of Authority – Frisk, Exonerated). At that point, R [redacted] began shouting towards the house to wake his father, who he thought was... Read report for details.