Complaint #202106300,
October 16, 2021

Summary

[redacted] 14-year-old [redacted] and [redacted] are all siblings. [redacted] has five children, one of them being 9-year-old [redacted] All the above people were at [redacted] in Brooklyn, the NYCHA [redacted] Housing Complex, on October 16, 2021. At 5:08PM, an unrelated female called 911 reporting two Black males with a knife. Sergeant Joanna Barletta and Police Officer Jesse Trap, both of the 90th Precinct, responded. PO Trap and Sgt. Barletta pointed their guns at [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegations A, B, C, D, F, G, H, and I: Force, [redacted] alleged PO Trap and Sgt. Barletta pointed their guns at [redacted] (Allegations E and J: Force, [redacted] alleged that officers other than PO Trap and Sgt. Barletta pointed their guns at him (Allegation K: Force, [redacted] PO Trap allegedly used force as he handcuffed [redacted] to a fence (Allegation L: Force, [redacted] While PO Trap and Sgt. Barletta attempted to gain control of the situation, PO Trap used profanity in speaking to [redacted] (Allegations M, N, O and P: Discourtesy, [redacted] and Sgt. Barletta used profanity in speaking to [redacted] and [redacted] (Allegations Q and R: Discourtesy, [redacted] PO Trap pushed [redacted] away as she approached him and [redacted] (Allegation S: Force, [redacted] PO Trap put [redacted] into a car. After Lieutenant Timothy Fox of the 90th Precinct authorized [redacted] to talk to [redacted] PO Trap pushed [redacted] and told him to "back the fuck up" (Allegation U: Discourtesy, [redacted] When Sgt. Barletta called an ambulance for [redacted] wrapped himself around [redacted] Sgt. Barletta pulled each of them apart (Allegations V and W: Force, [redacted] was arrested, and Sgt. Barletta removed [redacted] to the hospital (Allegation X: Abuse of Authority, [redacted] Read report for details.