Small, Antonio, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 515280/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 24, 2023
Complaint
Description: On, or about May 24, 2020, Plaintiff Antonio Small was standing outside of a friend’s apartment building near 250 Clarkson Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, hanging out with several other young men, when an unmarked sedan pulled up and several officers exited the vehicle. Some of the young men were smoking marijuana when the police approached the group. Plaintiff was not smoking, but had a small amount of marijuana in his bag, which was searched by the Individual Defendants John Does Nos. 1–10 whose identities are unknown and served as the basis for his arrest. Possession of small quantities of marijuana has not been a crime in most instances in New York since 1977, and was further decriminalized starting on Augus...