Complaint #202203727,
June 2, 2021

Summary

On June 2, 2021, at approximately 5:17 a.m., [redacted] and [redacted] were in the Broadway-Lafayette Street subway station in Manhattan when they saw that Sergeant John Zorrilla and Police Officer Xavier Reyes of Transit District 4 were ejecting a man from the subway station. [redacted] began filming and following the officers. Sgt. Zorrilla allegedly kicked the man in his stomach (Allegation A: Force, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla ejected an additional unidentified man from the subway system because he was carrying a trash bag into the station (Allegation B: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla then ejected [redacted] and [redacted] from the subway station (Allegation C: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation D: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). As [redacted] and [redacted] were leaving the station, they cursed at the officers, at which point Sgt. Zorrilla ran toward them and stopped them (Allegations E-F: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla grabbed [redacted]'s wrist to stop her, and PO Reyes held [redacted]'s arm as she tried to walk away (Allegations G-H: Force, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla told [redacted] that he did not "give a fuck" that [redacted] was a minor and made additional discourteous remarks to her (Allegation I: Discourtesy, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla threatened to arrest [redacted] and [redacted] multiple times (Allegation J: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]; Allegation K: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). Sgt. Zorrilla told [redacted] to put her phone down when she lifted her phone to record (Allegation L: Abuse of Authority, [redacted]).
[redacted] and [redacted] were issued criminal summonses for disorderly conduct and [redacted] was issued a summons for panhandling in the subway station (BR 01). Read report for details.