Named in 4 known lawsuits, $220,000 total settlements.
Mapp, Iesha vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV05535,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 28, 2021, ended May 25, 2022
$50,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 8, 2020, Plaintiff was arrested for a string of burglaries that occurred in Kings County, New York between January 27 and June 17, 2020. There were a number of differences between Plaintiff and the suspect who had been caught on camera on multiple occasions. These differences included a limp, different facial features, age gap, weight difference, different hair, and clothing style. Plaintiff informed NYPD Detective Daal that she was not the person in the video, but he arrested her regardless. Plaintiff’s arm was dislocated during her arrest while she was in handcuffs. The arm did not heal for months after the arrest. Plaintiff had to spend 15 days at Rikers Island until she was able to make bail. All ch...
Bryant, Anestazia vs Lieutenant Gebbia, James, et al.
Case # 15CV00812,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 17, 2015, ended September 2, 2015
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant officers arrested Plaintiff, forcefully, after her cousin stole her car and hit a parked car. The officers offered to release Plaintiff is she signed a statement in support of the charges against her causing and when she refused she was booked on dis con.
Bryant, Davon vs Lieutenant Gebbia, James, et al.
Case # 14CV04384,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 18, 2014, ended January 26, 2015
$115,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 31, 2013, Plaintiff was in police custody in front of 170 Howard Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Plaintiff was handcuffed on the ground and was lying prone and compliant, when a defendant officer approached and struck him in the head with a hard metal object. Defendant officers then viciously beat Plaintiff, especially about the face. A crowd of people witnessed the assault, including the proprietor of a salon in the immediate vicinity. Following the assault, Plaintiff was bleeding from his head and face. Defendants did not call an ambulance for Plaintiff and left him to bleed in the back of a police vehicle that was driven to the 81st Precinct. At the precinct, defendants continued to refuse Plaintiff medica...
Johnson, Rashi vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV01543,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, March 20, 2014, ended December 22, 2014
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 3, 2013, Plaintiff was in a grocery store when he was approached by officers Charles W. Fox and Jason Ianno. The officers demanded to see his identification, which he complied. Plaintiff was arrested and transported to the hospital where the officers instructed doctors to conduct a body cavity search of Plaintiff, including forced x-rays and digital penetration of his rectum while handcuffed. The officers failed to find any foreign bodies. Plaintiff was transported to the precinct and to Central Booking. He was charged with consumption of alcohol in public when Plaintiff did not consume alcohol in a public place. He received an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal arraignment and was released. P...