Complaint #202008019,
May 29, 2020

Officer: Monahan, Terence
Complainant: Male, 30-34
Allegation: Force: Physical force
CCRB Conclusion: Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Officer: Hockaday, Keith
Complainant: Male, 30-34
Allegation: Discourtesy: Word
CCRB Conclusion: Unsubstantiated
Officer: Unknown Officer
Complainant: Male, 30-34
Allegation: Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest
CCRB Conclusion: Officer(s) Unidentified
Officer Complainant Allegation CCRB Conclusion
Monahan, Terence Male, 30-34 Force: Physical force Miscellaneous - Subject Retired
Hockaday, Keith Male, 30-34 Discourtesy: Word Unsubstantiated
Unknown Officer Male, 30-34 Abuse of Authority: Threat of arrest Officer(s) Unidentified

Conclusion Meanings:

'Officer(s) Unidentified': Unable to identify the officers who committed the alleged misconduct
'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.


Summary

On May 29, 2020, at approximately 9:00 p.m., [redacted] was documenting the 2020 George Floyd Protests outside of the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn as a photojournalist for [redacted]. As he was taking photos Sergeant Keith Hockaday of SRG2 approached him, he presented a press pass and Sgt. Hockaday allegedly said, "I don't give a fuck about your press pass" (Allegation A: Discourtesy – Word, [redacted]). At the instruction of Chief Terence Monahan, the officer then began to push [redacted] with his baton against his chest and continued to do so until [redacted] tripped over the sidewalk curb (Allegation B: Force – Physical Force, [redacted]). [redacted] was then helped up by two protestors and the officer walked away. [redacted] added that at various points in the evening whenever he got close to "whatever was happening," officers threatened to arrest him if he did not move away (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority – Threat of arrest, [redacted]). Read report for details.


Details

Incident: May 29, 2020
Received: December 8, 2020
Closed: November 3, 2022

Reason for contact: C/V intervened on behalf of/observed encounter w/3rd party
Location: Commercial building
In NYPD 78th Precinct Brooklyn

Witness Officers: Max Bermudez, Lior Chernyhovsky, Jessica Clinton, Jeffrey Maddrey, Megan Omalley, Michael Pascale, Ronny Vega, Brian Verkay
Body-Worn Camera evidence collected
Video evidence collected