Harris, Qadri vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 519157/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 2, 2021, ended November 21, 2025
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On December 18, 2020, Defendant , an African American male, entered the 68th Precinct to file a complaint against his landlord. Defendant police personnel John or Jane Doe 1-20 attempted to dissuade him from making the complaint and when he insisted on doing so as a matter of right, they told him he was trespassing and had to leave. Despite plaintiff not exhibiting any belligerence, the officers became irate and grabbed him. One placed him in a chokehold and slammed him to the floor and did not release the chokehold until urged to do so by another officer. He was falsely accused of criminal trespass, made to submit to an illegal search and placed in overly tight handcuffs, resulting in contusions, swelling ...