Named in 2 known lawsuits, $220,500 total settlements.
Bakayoko, Seybou, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV02964,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, May 10, 2016, ended June 22, 2018
$42,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs all live together in an apartment when an armed intruder entered their home. Plaintiffs called 911 and Defendant Officers arrived on the scene, forcibly entered the home & bedrooms, and searched them. Officers then escorted them out of their apartment and searched it for 2 hours even though the intruder had gone out the window before the officers had arrived. Officers then arrested Plaintiffs, brought them to the 7th Precinct, and held them for 7 hours. They were then released without being charged with a crime or being allowed back into their apartment while Officer Isolano applied for a search warrant for their apartment and searched it a second time, finding no evidence of any illegal activity.
Amalfitano, Vito vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09100,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 2, 2015, ended June 26, 2017
$178,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was outside his son's mother' s house waiting for her when he was approached by four men. Since there have been shooting in the area recently, he ran into the building and went up to his son's mother's house, as he approached the door, the men pushed him inside the apartment and assaulted him, sprayed him with pepper spray, and put him in a chokehold. Plaintiff was charged with poss. Of marijuana and resisting arrest, were later dismissed.
