Named in 4 known lawsuits, $165,000 total settlements.
Kelly, Hollis vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV3210,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, May 6, 2021, ended January 25, 2022
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 29, 2020, plaintiff was participating in a lawful protest related to the death of George Floyd and police accountability. NYPD officers began using force against the protestors, including spraying chemical agents into the faces of protestors. Plaintiff began using water to clean the chemical agent out of the eyes of other protestors. An officer began charging at plaintiff, pushing her into a nearby tree, and the water she was carrying splashed onto the officer who pushed her. Officers, including P.O. John M. Brodie, tackled plaintiff to the ground and applied force to her body as she lay on the ground. One of the officers made sexually suggestive remarks about her while she was restrained on the gro...
Limansah, Hope vs City of Ny
Case # 509736/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 6, 2021, ended February 2, 2023
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 29, 2020, while lawfully participating in a protest near the intersection of Dekalb Avenue and Classon Avenue in Brooklyn, NY, related to the death of George Floyd and police accountability, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, battered, assaulted, arrested, and excessively detained by the defendants without legal justification. The plaintiff, engaged in peaceful protest, was knocked to the ground multiple times by NYPD officers. After speaking to a supervisory officer, the plaintiff was tackled and subjected to excessive force by Defendant Brodie, despite not resisting or posing a threat. The plaintiff was taken to a local precinct, held for a few hours, and issued a desk appearance ticket. Defendan...
Rolon, Kayla, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 21CV02548,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 1, 2021
Eley, Lefone vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033097/2020E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 22, 2020, ended September 13, 2022
$125,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 13, 2017, plaintiff was lawfully driving his vehicle on Story Avenue, Bronx, when defendant police officers, without a warrant or probable cause, stopped him and searched his vehicle. Plaintiff recorded the search on tape. On July 18, while standing to his parked car, plaintiff was assaulted and arrested by other police officers. On September 10, when the plaintiff was driving, another defendant officer stopped, searched, attacked, and falsely arrested plaintiff. On September 15, while walking on the street, another group of officers stopped, searched, attacked, and arrested plaintiff for jay walking. On January 21, 2018, when plaintiff was driving he was yet again stopped, searched, and arrested for a ...