Complaint #202100165,
December 15, 2020

Summary

On December 15, 2020, at approximately 2:20 PM, Police Officer Abir Noor, Police Officer John Espinal, Police Officer Ibrahim Adam, and Sergeant Firdaus Mehirdel, all of PSA 2, and Police Officer Christopher Desimone, of the Criminal Intelligence Section of the Intelligence Bureau, responded to [redacted] residence at [redacted] in Brooklyn to apprehend [redacted] regarding a robbery that occurred approximately 20 minutes earlier.
Upon arrival, the officers spoke with [redacted] through the closed apartment door. [redacted] and her sister, who remained unidentified to the investigation, were also inside the apartment. Police Officer Noor, Police Officer Espinal, Police Officer Desimone, and Police Officer Adam allegedly damaged the front door by placing their batons in between the door frame and the door (Allegations A-D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Police Officer Espinal and Police Officer Noor allegedly threatened arrest everybody inside the apartment (Allegations E-J, Abuse of Authority, [redacted]) and Police Officer Espinal threatened to break down the door (Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Police Officer Noor told [redacted] to "open the fucking door" and said that he was going to "break this shit" (Allegation L: Discourtesy, [redacted]). (Allegation M: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] opened the apartment door and Police Officer Noor, Police Officer Espinal, Police Officer Desimone, Police Officer Adam, and Sergeant Mehirdel entered [redacted] apartment (Allegation N-R: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
The officers handcuffed [redacted] and Police Officer Espinal pushed [redacted] in the chest, threatened to arrest him, said, "I'll cuff your ass right now," and threatened him with force (Allegation S: Force, [redacted], Allegation T: Abuse of Authority, [redacted], Allegation U: Discourtesy, Exonerated, Allegation V: Exonerated). Police Officer Espinal allegedly kicked the family dog (Allegation W: Force, Unfounded), handcuffed [redacted] and released him shortly after... Read report for details.