Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Mitchell, Scarlet vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV07437,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 7, 2023
Complaint
Description: On September 8, 2021, plaintiff, SCARLET MITCHELL, a domestic violence victim, was without cause or justification, unlawfully and unreasonably arrested by defendant NYPD officers, LAUREN LUCIANO, JOSE GUTIERREZ, CHRISTOPHER DOUSE, and MICHAEL PALAGONIA, for possession of the firearm that she herself had been assaulted and threatened with by her then boyfriend. Despite plaintiff’s claim that she was victim, her reports of injuries, and that defendants possessed information from dispatch via the multiple 911 calls that had been made that plaintiff was the victim, all of which confirmed there was a reason to doubt that the gun belonged to plaintiff, defendants conducted no further investigation, including making e...