Named in 8 known lawsuits, $160,000 total settlements.
Dean, Andrew vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 527004/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 8, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about May 12, 2024, Plaintiff was legally operating his vehicle on the streets of Kings County to go home. When Plaintiff pulled up in front of his home, defendants, NYPD officers approached his car with their guns drawn. Plaintiff scared honked his car to alert his family. Plaintiff's father exited the house and then Plaintiff opened the car door and when he did the NYPD officers John and Jane Does, Dustin Diaz and Mark Whirl dragged him out of his car and physically assaulted him, causing injuries to his body and face and then arrested him. Plaintiff was also tasered and struck. Defendants hit plaintiff's head, pounded his head and body into the street. Plaintiff was also wrongfully arrested. The crimin...
Ragland, Craig Millington vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 535201/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 8, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2021, Plaintiff was a passenger in a lawfully parked vehicle in Brooklyn when defendant NYPD Officers, including MARC WHIRL, JOSEPH JACOBSEN and other unknown officers, unlawfully stopped, questioned, searched, and falsely arrested Plaintiff without probable cause or legal justification. Defendants ordered Plaintiff to exit the vehicle and performed an illegal search of Plaintiff’s person, without any basis. Defendant Officers performed also an illegal search of the vehicle. They claimed having found a firearm whereas Plaintiff did not possess one. Plaintiff was grabbed, handcuffed and, transported to the 75th Police Precinct. 12h later, Plaintiff was transported to the central booking where he staye...
Williams, Kureem vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 510702/2022,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 19, 2022, ended November 1, 2024
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 24, 2020, Plaintiff was leaving his residence located in Brooklyn when he was approached by uniformed Defendant Officers, including MARC WHIRL, JEANETTE RODRIGUEZ and other unknown police officers, who tackled the
plaintiff and threw him to the ground, causing physical pain and injury. Plaintiff was then unlawfully handcuffed by Defendant Officers. Plaintiff was searched and no contraband was found. He was then transported to the 75th Precinct and to the Rikers Island Correctional Facility.
On November 25, 2020, after approximately 24 hours in unlawful custody, Plaintiff was arraigned and charged with crimes that the defendant officers had no basis to allege that he committed. There was actual mali...
Blakely, Tayquan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 500032/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 4, 2021
Complaint
Description: On September 10, 2019, while lawfully at the intersection of Lotts Avenue and Hegeman Avenue in Kings, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, questioned, searched, assaulted, battered, arrested, and excessively detained by defendants, including John Does 1-10, without legal justification and solely because of his race and national origin. The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of committing criminal acts related to gun possession and conducted an illegal search by rifling through his pockets and patting him down. The plaintiff was forcibly grabbed, his arms violently contorted behind his back, and affixed with extremely tight handcuffs. Defendants who were present but not physically involved failed ...
Boston, Asbury vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV04764,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 1, 2018, ended July 6, 2020
$10,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Around 5:00 pm on August 27, 2015, Mr. Asbury was driving his car with two friends when Officer Whirl ordered him to pull over. Officer Whirl ordered all 3 individuals to get out of the car. Other officers arrived and proceeded to search them, their belongings, and Mr. Asbury's care without cause. After searching for about 30 minutes, the officers arrested Mr. Asbury and his two friends and seized his car.
His car was then sold at auction by the NYPD. Mr. Asbury was detained for about 48 hours before he was released and indicted for various violations. All of the charges were dismissed, but he suffered severe monetary losses from his car and from retaining counsel to defend him.
Thomas, Neal vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 001413/2012,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 20, 2012, ended November 14, 2014
$25,000 Settlement
Waddlington, Jullian vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 10CV05010,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 3, 2010, ended April 23, 2013
Zero Disposition
Amended Complaint
Description: On or about January 22, 2009, at approximately 10:45 p.m., within the premises described as 391 Georgia Avenue, #5C, Brooklyn, New York (hereinafter "subject premises"), in the County of Kings, City of New York, the plaintiff was falsely arrested without probable cause by the defendant officers. At the time of his arrest, the plaintiff was visiting his former Guardian, namely Cynthia Everson, who resided at the subject premises. Apart from the plaintiff and Ms. Everson, there were other persons who were also present within the subject premises at the time of the incident, including Michael Everson, Kareem Everson, TameekShelly and Neal Thomas (prosecuted as "James Thompson").The incident commenced when the defe...
Saintil, Luke Joachim By Mng Saintil, Pierrette vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 100835/2008,
Supreme Court - New York, January 28, 2008, ended October 15, 2013
$100,000 Settlement