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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $35,000 total settlements.
Johnson, Shaunda Obo G., L. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05638,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 12, 2016, ended August 29, 2017
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 20, 2016, plaintiff LG, 16 years old, was standing next to two friends in the street who were asking people to donate money for a high school baseball team. When plaintiff LG accompanied the friends and entered a subway station. One friend ran away upon the sight of an officer. Plaintiff LG who was afraid of the police due to her experience as a young African American and the other friends ran shortly after. Police officers stopped plaintiff LG and arrested him/her and the friends. At the precinct, police officers searched plaintiff and placed him/her in a cell. Plaintiff LG's mother arrived but officers refused to allow her to see or talk with LG. Corporation Counsel declined to prosecute the case and...
Johnson, Shaunda, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV04663,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 30, 2016, ended August 30, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 30, 2015 at approximately 10:00 PM, Plaintiffs Shaunda Johnson and Deborah Green (who also sue on behalf of their infant children NG and LG), were with their infant friend DA in a large group of children at the Atlantic Terminal shopping mall. Not everyone in this group was friends. The Plaintiffs were walking LG, NG, and DA in the area of the Atlantic Terminal toward Fort Greene Park, the area where LG lived. At approximately 10PM, in the vicinity of the Atlantic Terminal one of the children in the large group struck a bystander pedestrian in the face as the group was moving toward Fort Greene Park. Neither LG nor NG assisted in this in any way. As the pedestrian lay bleeding on the ground, LG approach...
