Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Mason, Anastasia vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511242/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 19, 2024
Complaint
Description: On August 9, 2023, at the intersection of Stanley and Pennsylvania Aves, Brooklyn, NY, plaintiff was illegally stopped, searched, arrested, maliciously prosecuted by Defendants. Plaintiff was lawfully driving when defendants unlawfully pulled plaintiff over. Plaintiff complied with defendants’ directives. Plaintiff voluntarily exited the vehicle when directed to do so when defendants aggressively approached plaintiff and unlawfully placed her under arrest. Defendants punched and kicked plaintiff. Defendants slammed plaintiff against a car, and aggressively contorted plaintiff’s arms and wrists behind her back to apply metal handcuffs in an excessively tight fashion. Plaintiff complained numerous times the tight...
Watson, Sheawn vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 504872/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 14, 2023
Complaint
Description: On April 20, 2021, while the plaintiff, an African American, was on a street, defendant NYPD officers, including Mathew Salzman, Orlando Perez, Neil Narayan, and John or Jane Doe 1-10, falsely identified the plaintiff as a gunshot suspect, despite the plaintiff repeatedly explaining that he had not committed any illegal actions. The defendants proceeded to arrest the plaintiff. During the arrest, the defendants violently grabbed the plaintiff, jerking and pulling him in different directions, and threw him to the ground, placing their knees on his back and neck without any reasonable cause. They tightly handcuffed the plaintiff, ignoring his requests to loosen the restraints. After being taken to the precinct, t...