Named in 4 known lawsuits, $152,000 total settlements.
Shaheed v. City Of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07424,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, 2014
Avila v. City of New York et al
Case # 15CV09193,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, 2015
$150,000 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers were writing Plaintiff a parking ticket when he started recording the scene to show that he did not deserve one. Officers then assaulted him, took him to the 25th Precinct, and where more officers joined them in the parking lot and assaulted Plaintiff again. Plaintiff was taken to the hospital and then charged with Assault in the 3rd Degree, Resisting Arrest, and Harassment in the 2nd Degree.
Shaheed, Waheedah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV03480,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 22, 2015
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers entered Plaintiff's home without a warrant, searched it, and Officer Kroski assaulted Plaintiff, including pinning her on the ground, punching her in the face, and choking her. Plaintiff, who has cancer and heart conditions, was handcuffed, denied medical attention, and taken to the 25th precinct. Much later Plaintiff was taken to the hospital, shackled to the bed where she spent 10 days, then released with a ticket for 150.20 Assault in the Second Degree, which was later dismissed and sealed. 23 days later, Officer Mcnamara entered Plaintiff's apartment without a warrant, arrested her, again had to take her to the hospital, then charged her with 195.05 Obstructing Governmental Administrati...
Smith, Robert vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05231,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, July 28, 2017, ended May 14, 2018
$2,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff had just left a New Year's Eve party when his friend asked him to watch his car for a few minutes, as it was parked illegally. Plaintiff stood in front of the car and did not operate the vehicle. He was then approached by multiple police officers. Plaintiff informed the officers that the car was not his vehicle and that the owner was upstairs. The officers requested his identification and the plaintiff gave his driver's license, which was expired. The officers then searched the plaintiff and pat him down, and allegedly, officers found a bag of marijuana on his person. The plaintiff was then arrested and charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the 2nd and 3rd deg, unlicensed ...