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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'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.
Jackson, Gabrielle vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 161193/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, December 23, 2021
Complaint
Description: On January 18, 2021, while lawfully attending a Martin Luther King march at City Hall Park, located at Broadway and Chambers Street in New York, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, seized, battered, assaulted, arrested, and detained by defendants William Hughes, Maria Landy, and John Does, in an excessive manner without legal justification and solely because of her race and national origin. Police officers forced the plaintiff and her friend against a bench, ordering the crowd to disperse, which they could not do because they were being held by the officers. The plaintiff managed to free herself and began to disperse when she saw another friend being assaulted by the police. She verbally responded to t...