Named in 2 known lawsuits, $167,500 total settlements.
Alvanzo, Jannell vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511990/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 2, 2023
Complaint
Description: On May 29, 2020, at 10:30 pm, the Plaintiff was lawfully present participating in a protest in Brooklyn for the Black Lives Matter movement. An unknown officer grabbed the Plaintiff's hand and nine other officers pushed her to the ground, scraping her body along the ground and knelt on her pelvis, shoulders and back. An officer applied metal handcuffs to the Plaintiff's wrists with extreme tightness. Despite her protests, the officers did not take any steps to alleviate the excessive tightness of the handcuffs for an extended period of time, rather one of the officers told her to "Take it". Also, instead of issuing the Plaintiff a summons or other legal process on the street, the officers loaded the Plaintiff i...
Bensmaine, Christophe vs Police, Dept Of, Nyc
Case # 21CV04816,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 2, 2021, ended August 15, 2023
$167,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 30, 2020, plaintiff Christophe Bensmaine was running errands when he noticed a police brutality protest in the wake of the George Floyd murder and decided to join. The demonstration was orderly and calm, however more police started to arrive to the protest and by 5:25 PM there were fifty police officers including all named defendants, Inspector Dowling, Deputy Inspector Hillery, PO Cascio, PO Cirikiovich, PO Dottavio, PO Johnson, PO Monestine, PO Mosquera, PO Olivares, and PO Singh. At about 5:27 PM, the PO's made an inaudible annoucement over a loudspeaker as Bensmaine noticed other protestors continue to make their way toward 47th street where the officers were located. At 5:27 PM, Bensmaine was in a...