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.
Bass, Harry, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV07201,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 11, 2014, ended January 7, 2016
$65,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 14, 2013 Defendant officers Nelson, Hernandez, and two others in plain clothes entered a 7-Eleven in Brooklyn. The defendant officers were responding to a call made by a store employee after an argument took place with the Plaintiff. The argument occurred after the store employee made inappropriate and racially disparaging remarks about the Plaintiff's wife. Without saying a word to the Plaintiff, Defendant officer Nelson and the officers in plain clothes took plaintiff in custody. Plaintiff's wife, who had been waiting in the car outside, entered the store and inquired about the situation after seeing her husband in handcuffs. Defendant officer Hernandez asked Plaintiff's wife to step outside and ...