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.
Further details on conclusions.
Rivera, Damien vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 803183/2021,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 9, 2021
Complaint
Description: On December 5, 2019 Plaintiff in the vicinity of East 169th St. and Jerome Ave. in the Bronx, lawfully riding a pedal operated bicycle with an electric motor, on his way to work when Plaintiff was struck by Defendant Officers marked police vehicle which was turning into the police precinct parking lot without first signaling its turn. The Defendant Officer who was driving, exited the police vehicle and demanded Plaintiff’s driver's license and falsely claimed that Plaintiff's bicycle was illegal. Defendant Officers then falsely claimed that Plaintiff had a suspended driver’s license, although Plaintiff does not have a driver's license and a driver's license is not required to operate the bicycle that Plaintiff ...