Complaint #202300694,
January 7, 2023

Summary

At approximately 8:46 p.m. on January 7, 2023, [redacted] was driving in the vicinity of Saint Felix Street and Fulton Street in Brooklyn with [redacted] and [redacted] when Detective Jeffrey Perez, Police Officer George Rowen, Police Officer Alex Campuzano, and Police Officer George Gouvousis, all of the 88th precinct, stopped the vehicle (Allegations A-D, Abuse of Authority, [redacted]). [redacted] alleged that DTS Perez called him a "bum ass nigga" (Allegations E-F, Discourtesy and Offensive Language, [redacted]) in a "bum ass car" (Allegation G, Discourtesy, [redacted]).
Sergeant Ian Johnson arrived and ordered [redacted] and [redacted] to step out of the vehicle. Sgt Ian Johnson ordered officers to forcibly remove [redacted] from the vehicle (Allegation H, Force, [redacted]). Officers placed [redacted] and [redacted] under arrest. During the arrest of [redacted], Police Officer Danny Rodriguez used discourteous language and threatened to use force against [redacted] (Allegations I-J, Abuse of Authority and Discourtesy, [redacted]). During the arrest of [redacted], [redacted] accused officers of touching him inappropriately (Allegation K, Abuse of Authority/Sexual Misconduct, [redacted]). In response to [redacted] allegation, PO Rodriguez made a sexually suggestive remark to him (Allegation L, Abuse of Authority/Sexual Misconduct, [redacted]).
[redacted] and [redacted] were transported to the 088 Precinct Stationhouse, where Sergeant Lewis Kitwane made a sexually suggestive remark to [redacted] (Allegation M, Abuse of Authority/Sexual Misconduct, [redacted]) and DTS Perez spoke discourteously to [redacted] (Allegation N, Discourtesy, [redacted]). Finally, [redacted] alleged that PO Campuzano, PO Gouvousis, and Sgt Johnson treated him differently on the basis of his race and gender (Allegations O-T, Abuse of Authority/Bias-Based Policing, [redacted]). Read report for details.