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.
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'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.
James, Reginald, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 153978/2014,
Supreme Court - New York, April 29, 2014, ended April 5, 2016
$102,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about the 27th day of April, 2013, in Manhattan, Defendants NYPD Officers, David Maldonaldo, Lt Paul Zapata, and John Does #1-5, approached Plaintiffs Reginald James and Malcolm Arrington. Plaintiff James initially ran then stopped, fell to his knees, and put his hands in the air, whereupon an officer struck him in the back of the head with a baton, another handcuffed him, and additional officers began to strike him, each ignoring his pleas for them to stop and one of which responding "shut the f*ck up" to James' subsequent request for medical attention. When Plaintiff Arrington attempted to record the assault, he was without provocation grabbed, thrown against a wall, struck in the arm, handcuffed, arres...