Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - The conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusions.
Diaz, Johnny vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV05126,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 1, 2014, ended March 18, 2015
$100,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 16, 2011, Plaintiff was walking on a street in his neighborhood when NYPD officers approached him, falsely identified him as someone who had conducted a drug deal with an undercover officer, and arrested him. At the precinct, Plaintiff was subjected to a strip search, and the officers submitted a field report that falsely stated Plaintiff sold heroin to an undercover officer. In the criminal complaint, the undercover officers stated that they handed Plaintiff a recorded $20 bill. After bail was set, Plaintiff was unable to make bail, so he was held for nine months before they released him and dropped the charges. In dropping the charges, the District Attorney's office noted that, contrary to the compl...