Saquoi D. Harris

Lawsuits

Named in 6 known lawsuits, $645,000 total settlements.

Brown, Loucchie et Al., vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 816451/2024E, Supreme Court - Bronx, October 15, 2024, ended April 13, 2026
$330,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about September 6, 2023, Plaintiffs Brown, Thomas, Dalton, and Patterson were asleep on the first floor of an apartment when NYPD entered the location and handcuffed and arrested the plaintiffs without any lawful reason. Detective Harris and other police officers claimed to have recovered a loaded firearm from inside of a bedroom wall on the second floor of the apartment. Plaintiffs at no time had control or custody of any firearm. Plaintiffs were transported to the 48th Precinct, where each was strip searched, and then to Bronx County Central Booking. On or about September 8, 2023, Plaintiffs were each arraigned and charged with criminal possession of a firearm. Brown remained in custody until October 2...

Delvalle, Mistique, et Al vs City of Ny
Case # 810803/2023E, Supreme Court - Bronx, July 17, 2023, ended July 24, 2024
$225,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2022, Plaintiffs were on the street when officers approached them without probable cause. They then stopped, frisked, searched, grabbed, assaulted, battered, and arrested Plaintiffs in an excessive manner. Officers then filed false claims resulting in Plaintiffs being charged. All charges against Plaintiffs were subsequently dismissed.

Sambolah, Abioseh, et al. vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 806320/2023E, Supreme Court - Bronx, April 21, 2023, ended February 10, 2025
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 13, 2022, Plaintiffs were lawfully sleeping with their infant child inside a bedroom belonging to Plaintiff Gillard’s mother when Defendants Giannini and Harris opened the bedroom door after unlawfully entering the apartment without a valid search warrant and approached Plaintiffs and their children while armed with guns aimed at Plaintiffs, without probable cause, reasonable suspicion, exigent circumstances, or any legal justification whatsoever. Defendants Giannini and Harris then falsely accused Plaintiffs of a criminal offense and proceeded to violently contort their arms behind their backs so they could apply metal handcuffs all the while disregarding Plaintiffs’ complaints that the cuffs were pla...

Muhammad, Yadullahi vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 800447/2022E, Supreme Court - Bronx, January 11, 2022
Complaint
Description: On January 9, 2020, Plaintiff YADULLAHI MUHAMMAD, an adult, black or African American male, was illegally targeted, because of his race, by Defendant police officers SAQUOI HARRIS, JANERT GIL, and JOHN OR JANE DOE 1-10. Plaintiff was lawfully present in the streets of the Bronx when Defendants conducted an illegal search of Plaintiff’s person by rifling through his pockets and patting him down all over. Defendants violently contorted Plaintiff’s arms behind his back in order to handcuff him. Plaintiff repeatedly requested that Defendants loosen the handcuffs, because they were causing him substantial pain and discomfort due to their excessive tightness. Defendants ignored all of Plaintiff’s pleas to loosen the ...

Komatsu, Towaki vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 20CV10942, U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, April 20, 2021, ended June 17, 2022
Zero Disposition
Complaint

Serrano, Truth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 033556/2020, Supreme Court - Bronx, November 19, 2020
Complaint
Description: On December 17, 2019, the plaintiff was unlawfully seized, searched, assaulted and arrested by certain unidentified POs including the defendant PO Saquoi Harris without any reasonable suspicion of unlawful behaviour. The defendants assaulted and battered the plaintiff causing the plaintiff serious injuries and mental pain and distress.