Named in 5 known lawsuits, $35,000 total settlements.
Cordova, Joseph vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 508628/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 10, 2018, ended June 23, 2020
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 28, 2017, at 621 Park Ave, Brooklyn, NY, defendants approached plaintiff as he drank a beer inside his building, near the entrance to his apartment. Defendants asked plaintiff what he was doing. Plaintiff responded he was drinking a beer. Defendants asked plaintiff how old he was and asked for ID. Plaintiff informed defendants he was over twenty-one years old and that his ID was inside his apartment. Defendants told plaintiff to put the beer down. After plaintiff put the beer on the ground, defendants grabbed plaintiff's chest and slammed his head against the wall. Plaintiff loss consciousness. When plaintiff regained consciousness, defendants were on top of him. Plaintiff screamed. Plaintiff suffere...
Denmark, Shatee vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV01224,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 14, 2018, ended October 3, 2019
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: The Plaintiff was sitting outside of the address when Defendant Officers approached him and asked for identification. The Plaintiff did not have an ID on him but tried to cooperate with Defendant Officers. Defendant Officers told Plaintiff tat he had a warrant and would need to be taken to jail, the Plaintiff thought this was a mistake but allowed himself to be handcuffed when Defendant Officers falsely claimed that he was resisting arrest and physically assaulted him and with a metal baton. Defendant Officers sprayed the Plaintiff with mace and shot him with a taser. Plaintiff was taken to Kings County Hospital and later transported to the precinct and central booking and later to Brooklyn Hospital. All charge...
Cruz, Tatiana E. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 516335/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 25, 2017, ended December 9, 2021
Administrative Closing
Guevara, Geovanni vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 509624/2017,
Supreme Court - Kings, June 1, 2017, ended April 28, 2023
Administrative Closing
Denmark, Shatee vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV07101,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 30, 2016, ended December 18, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 8, 2015, plaintiff was sitting outside a residence. Police officers approached and asked for his id, but he did not have. He tried to cooperate by telling them his name, but officers told him he had a warrant out and would be taken to jail. Plaintiff, believing this was a mistake, still cooperated an allowed himself to be handcuffed. Officers then claimed he was resisting arrest, beat him with their hands and feet and hit him with metal batons in his head and metal batons. Officers also sprayed him with mac and shot him with a taser. They also contorted plaintiff's arm which was in a cast painfully behind his back. Plaintiff was then taken to the precinct and central booking. When brought before th...
