Named in 2 known lawsuits, $37,000 total settlements.
Sutter, Alexis vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV06317,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 15, 2014, ended March 19, 2015
$17,000 Settlement
Complaint,
Amended Complaint,
Stipulation
Description: On May 16, 2013, Plaintiff heard a commotion and crossed the street to find her godbrother being arrested. Plaintiff inquired as to the circumstances and was told to step back. Plaintiff saw a cell phone fall from his pockets, so she picked it up and tried to walk away. Plaintiff was then violently thrown to the ground, causing her halter top to fall off and expose her upper body. As Plaintiff then tried to walk away, other officers threw her into and then over a metal fence, causing injury to her arms as she tried to brace her fall and exposing her undergarments as her legs splayed in the air. The officers called Plaintiff racist names and tightly handcuffed her. Plaintiff was eventually taken to Centra...
Williams, Donald vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV00183,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 5, 2014, ended March 22, 2016
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On October 11, 2012, plaintiff was falsely arrested, imprisoned unlawfully, and with willful negligence, assaulted and battered. Plaintiff was slammed to the pavement by defendant POs. His case was eventually dismissed.