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.
'Substantiated': The alleged conduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.
Varlack, Tynearia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00116,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 14, 2013, ended September 29, 2014
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 12, 2011 plaintiff Tynearia Varlack was on a bus when defendant Matthew Tiernan, Matthew Lewis, Jeffrey Smith, and Aaron Klein entered said bus and ordered plaintiff to stand up. The plaintiff asked what they had done to which the officers responded by saying you know what you did. The plaintiff had committed no crimes or offenses prior to boarding the bus. The defendants all participated in grabbing plaintiff, punching her in the face and neck, and throwing her to the floor causing her face to strike the floor. This resulted in injuries to claimant's face, mouth, teeth, neck, and back. Defendants shoved plaintiff into a gate and then into a police vehicle. Upon information, the defendants were loo...