Complaint #202101160,
February 8, 2021

Summary

On February 8, 2021, at approximately 6:00 p.m., [redacted] was at a radiology clinic at [redacted] in Queens and had a dispute with the staff over her refusal to wear a mask or leave. The staff called 911 and Police Officer Donald Leblanc and Police Officer Jason Kleinman, both of the 112th Precinct, and later Police Officer Izhar Hussain and Police Officer Thomas Yoo, also of the 112th Precinct, responded to the location. During their interaction, Police Officer Leblanc threatened to remove [redacted] to the hospital (Allegation A: Abuse of Authority – Threat re: removal to hospital [redacted]) Police Officer Leblanc and Police Officer Kleinman both threatened to issue summonses to [redacted] (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority – Threat of summons [redacted] and Allegation C: Abuse of Authority – Threat of summons [redacted]) Police Officer Leblanc threatened to arrest [redacted] (Allegation D: Abuse of Authority - Threat of arrest [redacted]) Police Officer Leblanc used discourteous and offensive language towards [redacted] (Allegation E: Discourtesy – Word [redacted] and Allegation F: Offensive Language – Other [redacted]). Police Officer Leblanc took a photograph of [redacted] (Allegation G: Abuse of Authority – Photography/ Videography [redacted]) and sent it via text message to someone (Allegation H: Discourtesy – Action [redacted]). Eventually, [redacted] left the location.
Furthermore, Police Officer Leblanc made a false official statement to the CCRB during his interview on September 14, 2021 (Allegation I: Untruthful Statement – False Official Statement [redacted]). Read report for details.