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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $87,503 total settlements.
Mcclain, Kamiesha, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV11836,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 19, 2018, ended February 25, 2020
$25,003 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 12, 2016 at approximately 6am, Ms. McClain was getting ready for work in her apartment when as many as twenty NYPD Officer John Does* (all male) broke down her door and raided her apartment. They had a warrant based on a tip from a confidential informant that crack cocaine had been sold by Ms. McClain's brother in the apartment. Ms. McClain's brother did not live in the apartment, nor did he ever live there or have keys, and only visited every few weeks. Ms. McClain, wearing only undergarments at the time, was pushed into a chair and handcuffed with excessive tightness. Her mother and six-year-old son were in another part of the apartment, told to "get the fuck down on the floor" at gunpoint, and Ms....
Baijnauth, Kevin, et al. vs Detective Allen, Gary, et al.
Case # 17CV03952,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, September 7, 2017, ended July 28, 2020
$62,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 5, 2016, Officers Socorro, Agosto, Cahill, Ramo, Parides, Langlois, McCartney, Connelly, and Zedalis searched Kevin Baijnauth's business dressed in riot gear. While inside the business, the officers pointed a shotgun at one of Baijnauth's employees, destroyed the surveillance system and walls, and stole cash and jewelry. After his employee told him about the incident, Baijnauth and his wife, Meenakshi, went to the precinct for information. An officer told Meenakshi that there was a no-knock warrant for the premises on the belief that the Baijnauth's were selling guns and drugs out of the basement. The officer also accused Meenakshi of buying stolen jewelry. On March 29 and April 1, a woman believed to ...