Named in 2 known lawsuits, $22,500 total settlements.
Campbell, Marvin vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 701130/2022,
Supreme Court - Queens, February 11, 2022, ended December 1, 2022
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 28, 2020, Plaintiff was returning home when a marked NYPD vehicle in front of him stopped abruptly at a traffic light. Plaintiff was unable to stop his car in time, and the front of his car lightly tapped the rear bumper of the NYPD vehicle. At the time of the incident, the driver of the NYPD vehicle, Detective Bowden, was distracted while operating the vehicle. Detective Bowden instructed Plaintiff to not move his vehicle any further, and Plaintiff complied, stopping his vehicle and remaining at the location. Additional defendant POs arrived at the scene, including, PO Kaitlyn Bazarewski. Defendant POs immediately approached Plaintiff’s car, commanded him to exit the vehicle, and placed him under arre...
Starks, Deandre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV04658,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 28, 2019, ended November 5, 2020
$2,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Early in the morning on August 17, 2018, Plaintiff was arrested in a violent, unreasonable, and excessive fashion. The three arresting officers, Michael Renna, Joseph Morgante, and Kaitlyn Bazarewski, repeatedly struck Plaintiff in the face and head with a walkie talkie after Plaintiff had surrendered to the arrest. Each of them failed to stop the others from pursuing the excessive force, which led to physical injuries, pain and suffering, scarring, lacerations, bruising swelling and cuts to left eye and forehead, blurred vision, extreme fear, and emotional trauma. The officers were motivated by racial animus and their desire to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate plaintiff because of his race.