Named in 4 known lawsuits, $65,000 total settlements.
Hall, Semrick vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 523588/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 30, 2020
May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV03416,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 5, 2019, ended September 3, 2020
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Around 3:30 pm on August 10, 2016, Mr. May-Shaw was exiting the Holiday Inn with his female companion, Ms. Morris, and walking towards her rental car so he could retrieve his ID card. After getting his ID, they began walking down the street when 3-4 police officers jumped out of a vehicle with tinted windows and told them to stop walking. The officers proceeded to search Mr. May-Shaw and Ms. Morris but discovered nothing. The officers placed both individuals in handcuffs and placed them in separate unmarked cars. The officers then went to search the rental car.
Mr. May-Shaw was brought to the precinct, where officers interrogated him and claimed they found narcotics in the rental car. The officers coerced Mr....
Hogan, Robert Aka May-Shaw, Christopher Peyton vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05591,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2017, ended February 26, 2021
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 15, 2016, NYPD officers pulled over the plaintiff, falsely alleging that the vehicle he was in (not his own car, but a Porsche he was transporting from Michigan to its new owner in NY) had a forged license plate and illegally tinted windows. Officers arrested plaintiff immediately, searched him, then impounded and searched the vehicle. The one arresting officer, searching the vehicle alone, claimed to have found handgun under the driver seat in front of where plaintiff was sitting, though she had earlier made inconsistent statements about the gun's location. Plaintiff denies having any connection to or knowledge of the gun. NYPD seized plaintiff's personal property, which included electronics, accessori...
Jones, Dwayne vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04400,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 29, 2015, ended May 18, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was on the street when defendant officers came and arrested him. Plaintiff was accused of smoking a marijuana cigarette and then flushed into the toilet. Plaintiff was later charged with unlawful possession of marijuana and tampering with physical evidence. The case was ACD'd later.