Named in 6 known lawsuits, $1,637,001 total settlements.
Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 529003/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 17, 2021
Lemos, Kevin an Infant By Mng Amezquita, Sandra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 506513/2018,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 5, 2018
Morales, Edwin vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05412,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 8, 2017, ended June 1, 2018
$15,001 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff observed NYPD officers verbally harassing and physically abusing members of a family that had been operating a fruit stand during a festival in Sunset Park. Plaintiff went to observe the altercation when Defendant officers pushed him, and handcuffed him. Plaintiff was charged with New York Penal Law ß 195.05, Obstructing Governmental Administration in the Second Degree; New York Penal Law ß 205.30, Resisting Arrest, New York Penal Law ß 240.26, Harassment in the Second Degree, and New York Penal Law ß 240.20, Disorderly Conduct, which were all later dismissed.
Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 518098/2016,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 17, 2016, ended August 4, 2020
$1,448,500 Settlement
Daza, Jonathan, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04778,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 18, 2015, ended September 21, 2017
$173,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers approached all three Plaintiffs cursing and yelling while they were packing up their fruit stand. Officers then threw one of the Plaintiffs to the ground and assaulted him while other officers grabbed and struck the other two Plaintiffs. Plaintiff 1 was charged with 205.30, 240.26, and 240.20. Plaintiff 2 was charged with 120.05, 120.00, 205.30, 195.05, 240.26, and 240.20. Plaintiff 3 was charged with 205.30, 195.05, and 240.20. All charges against all Plaintiffs were eventually dismissed
Amezquita, Sandra, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV00303,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, January 22, 2015, ended October 15, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: While her son was being arrested, Plaintiff 1, who was visibly pregnant, was thrown to the ground, assaulted, and arrested. She was given a summons for dis con which was later dismissed. Plaintiff 2 was shoved to the ground by Officer Degen and needed to be hospitalized. Plaintiff 3 and 4, the other Plaintiff's husbands, were both assaulted by police officers, arrested, and charged with OGA, harassment, and assault in the 2nd and 3rd degree. Charges later dismissed.