Named in 7 known lawsuits, $1,032,004 total settlements.
Miranda, Wendy vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV04933,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 22, 2016, ended July 21, 2017
$37,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 15, 2015, plaintiff was lawfully participating in the filming of a music video. A large number of officers arrived on the scene, and many indviduals ran, discarding contraband and weapons. Officers recovered a gun from under plaintiff's parked car, but she was nowhere near her car and officers knew that. Yet, officers still arrested her and placed handcuffs are her more tighly and violently than was necessary or proper. She repeatedly told them it was too tight, but officers refused to remove. The handcuffs causes her bruises and scrapes and pain moving her wrist for two weeks. Plaintiff was taken to the precinct and interrogated for 10 hours without being read her Miranda rights. She was held for 22 hou...
Anderson, Elijah vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV00150,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 14, 2016, ended February 9, 2017
$17,500 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Second Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant officers approached Plaintiff while he was outside his residence, asked him is he knew someone that lived with Plaintiff. Officers made Plaintiff take them to his apartment, forcibly entered it, searched it, and arrested Plaintiff and the other individual. Plaintiff was taken to the 75th precinct and charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, which was ACD'd. Officers then obtained a warrant and seized property inside Plaintiffs apartment.
Bacchus, Kenneth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04264,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 18, 2015, ended May 31, 2017
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was having a barbeque in his gated backyard when he saw officers at the gate. The officers left but then returned and Plaintiff asked them to leave and went into his home. The officers then opened the chained gate, banged on plaintiff's door, and slammed him to the ground when he opened it. Plaintiff was taken to the 75th precinct and charged with OGA, resisting arrest, and dis con, which were later dismissed as facially insufficient.
John, Adrian, et al. vs Demaio, Matthew -Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 15CV06094,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 23, 2015, ended April 27, 2016
$32,503 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiffs were having a barbeque in their front yard when defendant officers showed up, harassed them, then assaulted two of the Plaintiffs, one of which was pregnant. When another Plaintiff began recording he was slammed and handcuffed as well. Plaintiffs were brought to the 75th Precinct, where Plaintiff 1 was charged with OGA, Plaintiff 2 was charged with OGA, resisting arrest, and harassment, and Plaintiff 3 was charged with Dis Con. Plaintiff 1's case was dismissed and the other 2 ACD'd.
French, Willie vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV02922,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 15, 2014, ended March 31, 2016
$175,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: On August 24, 2013, plaintiff Willie French was in Brooklyn, NYC when defendant police officers trespassed, searched, invaded, and violated plaintiff's civil rights, and he sustained severe pain and injuries. Plaintiff was deprived of his civil rights and falsely imprisoned.
French, Steven vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 006252/2014,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 29, 2014, ended December 11, 2017
$750,000 Settlement
Jenkins, Norman vs Police Department, Nyc, et al.
Case # 13CV03405,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 13, 2013, ended December 9, 2015
Order/Judgment (Verdict)
Complaint
Description: On May 22, 2010, the plaintiff was present in the vicinity of a NYCHA housing project when defendant P.O.s Victor Charles, Ramiro Ruiz, Robert Agate and John and Jane Does No. 1-5 approached him, struck him in the back of his head and beat him while he was on the ground resulting in a concussion and other severe injuries. The plaintiff was then arrested without probable cause and brought to the precinct. He was subsequently charged with three counts of felony assault, one count of resisting arrest, one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, one count of criminal possession of marijuana and one count of criminal trespass. The charges were later dismissed.