Conclusion Meanings:
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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.
Speights, Joseph vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV01200,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 27, 2013, ended April 14, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On January 3, 2010, Joseph Speights was driving his vehicle on Riverdale Avenue when NYPD Officers,, including Sergeant Michele Williams and Tolentino Nazaire, drove behind him and signaled him to pull over. The officers asked for his identification, and he provided his license, insurance card, and his Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Card. He was ordered out of the vehicle, and he asked Sergeant Williams why he was being detained and indicated that he knew of her through his wife, who worked for the police department. Instead of responding, Williams sprayed mace in the plaintiff's face and eyes and the other officers, including Nazaire, attacked him with their batons, and punched and kicked him repeatedly. ...