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.
'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.
Shaw, Christopher, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV02438,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 26, 2013, ended March 25, 2014
$48,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 22, 2010, Lamar Bundy, operating a motor vehicle with Christopher Shaw as a backseat passenger, was unlawfully stopped and detained by police officers around 127th Street and Park Avenue in New York City, without probable cause. During this incident, their vehicle was illegally searched, leading to the discovery of a knife in the glove compartment, which officers incorrectly identified as a gravity knife when it was actually a construction tool owned by Bundy. Defendant, Police Officer Syed Ali, among others, arrested and charged Bundy and Shaw with Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Fourth Degree, despite lacking legal grounds for both the stop and the charges, as no traffic violations or other il...