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.
Named in 3 known lawsuits, $32,500 total settlements.
Roper, Xavier, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV08899,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 16, 2015, ended June 7, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint,
Amended Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was in Times Square to observe and document the Black Lives Matter movement. The NYPD issued an order for demonstrators to disperse but did not provide a path for dispersal. An Officer then suddenly grabbed Plaintiff, applied a set of plastic flex-cuffs, took him to a precinct, and gave him a DAT for disorderly conduct, which was ACD'd.
Nicolas, Pierre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV03459,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 24, 2013, ended December 24, 2013
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On February, 1, 2010, in Queens, Plaintiff Pierre Nicholas was falsely arrested and, through abuse of process and malicious prosecution, later falsely imprisoned by Defendant, NYPD Officer Jeremiah Winters. Though Plaintiff had called the cops and though at the time Winters arrived he was being chased by two men who had been yelling derogatory racial names at him, Defendant Winters nevertheless arrested Plaintiff, charging him with possession of a knife that had in fact belonged to one of the two men who had given Plaintiff chase. The Plaintiff was acquitted of this charge. Later, in apparent retaliation for the acquittal, in an unrelated criminal matter against Plaintiff -- of which he was also acquitted -- O...
Cruz et al v. Orenstein et al
Case # 12CV02789,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
$17,500 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation