Reid, Marcus vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503799/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 28, 2024
Complaint
Description: On February 6, 2021, while quarantined due to COVID-19 at his residence, the Plaintiff was falsely arrested by NYPD officers for a robbery that had occurred four months earlier. The crime involved six individuals forcing a victim to withdraw money from an ATM, but surveillance footage did not show the Plaintiff near the victim or the ATM. Despite no probable cause, the Plaintiff was arrested, searched, and detained, with false evidence provided by the officers to the District Attorney's Office. The Plaintiff was held in quarantine at Red Hook Community Court, later remanded to Rikers Island in deplorable conditions, and assaulted by other inmates. He was detained for several months before all charges were dismi...