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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154336/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, June 13, 2019, ended February 7, 2023
Zero Disposition
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09570,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 15, 2015, ended March 29, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 25, 2015, 911 dispatchers received a call reporting an assault on the corner of 145th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., near the subway entrance, where a black woman was beating up a white woman and shouting racial slurs. Michelle Berrio exited this stop shortly after and walked on 145th St. toward her son's child care provider. Plaintiff was approached by NYPD officer Gellison Flores despite her not matching the description of the assailant. Flores asked her if she had been in a fight, and she replied that she hadn't. Approximately 10 minutes later, officer Tommy Keung arrived in a police car with the woman who had been assaulted in the back seat. Keung stated that the woman who had been assaulted, who h...