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.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
Further details on conclusions.
Seals, Tyrek vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 17CV05789,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 9, 2017, ended November 27, 2017
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On March 10, 2016, defendant officers Isaias Colon, UC #6, and Jane Doe and John Doe #1-10 arrested Tyrek Seals without cause and charged him with ‘Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the first degree’ and ‘Criminal sale of a controlled substance in the second degree’ despite him not committing any crimes. Plaintiff had been riding in a car driven by Faied Saleh to pick up his girlfriend's infant son, when Saleh stopped to engage in a private conversation. The officers, thereafter, "bum-rushed" Seals, pulled him out of the vehicle, and tightly handcuffed him with his hands behind his back despite him pleading that the handcuffs were too tight. Officers also subjected him to illegal searches both at the s...