Named in 7 known lawsuits, $5,908,500 total settlements.
Abrams, Sadie & Messiah, Tiffany vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV09520,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 16, 2024, ended July 8, 2024
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On several occasions, including on June 26, 2019, December 30, 2020, April 27, 2021, and June 30, 2021, different groups of defendant police officers forced their way into the plaintiffs’ home without any warrant, damaged and/or destroyed the plaintiffs’ properties, and violently seized and/or arrested plaintiffs without cause at the premises; this would often result in the plaintiffs being unreasonably detained for a lengthy period of time. During these raids, defendant police officers drew weapons against the plaintiffs and their dog, who they would forcibly kick and threaten to shoot/kill. As a result of each of these raids, plaintiff Abram’s son, Mike Josie, was arrested at the premises, transported to NYPD...
Josie, Mike vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02486,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 20, 2021, ended April 24, 2024
$95,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 26, 2019 at approximately 6:00 a.m., Defendants unlawfully arrested Plaintiff for larceny which Plaintiff did not commit. Defendants entered Plaintiff's home without a warrant or justification. Defendants rushed towards plaintiff with their guns pointed at him and yelled at, grabbed, pushed, shoved, and pulled Plaintiff. Defendants tightly handcuffed Plaintiff to the point that he experienced numbness and pain but Defendants ignored Plaintiff's requests to loosen the handcuffs. Defendants illegally searched Plaintiff and brought him to the 88th Precinct. Defendants interrogated plaintiff for a long time and then brought him to Central Booking. Defendants provided false representations to the Kings Count...
Bacote, Kenneth vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 510559/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 11, 2021, ended April 25, 2025
$5,750,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 2, 2020, while lawfully present near a bench in front of 154 Kingsborough First Walk, adjacent to a playground on the Bergen Street side within NYC Housing Authority's Kingsborough Houses in Kings, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and detained excessively by defendants Jason Reisgerzog, Daniel Moussannef, and John Does, without legal justification. The assault involved using a Taser on the plaintiff's left eye, causing blindness, and then on his body, causing further injury. The plaintiff was grabbed, thrown to the ground, beaten, and dragged by four police officers, then forcefully placed in handcuffs and leg shackles. After the arrest, the plaintiff...
Jouavel, Sean vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 511670/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 7, 2020
Complaint
Description: On February 1, 2019, plaintiff was a passenger in a vehicle that was driving along Rochester Avenue and Montgomery Street in Brooklyn, New York, when an unmarked police vehicle pulled over the car. The police question the driver for documents and then proceeded to tell the plaintiff and other backseat riders to exit the vehicle. The plaintiff was immediately arrested and handcuffed. The plaintiff was made to endure degradation and humiliation with body cavity searches, was harassed, and was imprisoned for over a day without probable cause.
Battle, Anthony vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 507890/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 27, 2020, ended March 8, 2022
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 16, 2019, at approximately 12:30 AM, plaintiff was lawfully present at 92 Spencer Place, in the borough of Brooklyn, when police officer Victor Roopnarine, sergeant Jason Reisgerzog, and unidentified police officers (John Does 1-10) unlawfully stopped, questioned, frisked, and falsely arrested him.
Plaintiff was lawfully attending a barbeque at his cousin, Ramel Battles' house at the aforementioned address. The police officers entered the location. The officers told plaintiff to "go home or go inside." Plaintiff complied, but was still tasered (he had to have the prongs from the taser surgically removed from his back). He was then physically grabbed and tackled, and fell to the ground. While on the gr...
Washington, Bernard, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 027650/2016E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, November 21, 2016, ended September 30, 2020
$8,500 Settlement
Washington, Bernard vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV02399,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 7, 2015, ended May 19, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached parked vehicle where Plaintiff was a passenger and forcibly removed him from the vehicle and violently assaulted him. Plaintiff was then handcuffed excessively tight and transported to the 75th precinct. Plaintiff was held at Rikers because he couldn't post bail and was assaulted again due to DOC neglect.
