Named in 4 known lawsuits, $143,500 total settlements.
Page, Tanzania vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 716216/2017,
Supreme Court - Queens, November 28, 2017, ended July 20, 2022
$90,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 31, 2016, P.O.s Evan Gale, Christopher Stango, and John Does 1-2 stopped a livery cab in which Plaintiff Tanzania Page was a passenger. They originally stopped her livery cab because, unknown to Ms. Page, the driver – hired from Defendant cab company Magnificent 7 – was not licensed to drive. Upon learning this, the officers searched Ms. Page and found no contraband. They searched the vehicle and, in the center console, found the driver's marrijuana and pills. Subsequently, they arrested Ms. Page. She was arraigned and charged, all without probable cause. On September 30, 2016, the case was dismissed and sealed.
Evans, Perricia vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV06296,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 25, 2016, ended June 22, 2017
$3,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 6, 2016, plaintiff was at home when police officers came to her door after escorting her younger son home after they had encountered him as a victim of the assault. The perpetrator of the assult was a young man known to the family. The officers then began to plead with the plaintiff to cooperate in prosecution of the attacker, which she decline as she had already spoken to the attacker and his family. When she declined, officer Gales then said the apartment smelled of marijuana and that he would use that as a basis for arrest and search warrant if she did not cooperate. Plaintiff was then handcuffed and arrested. Her older son admitted he had a small bag of marijuana that was his and told officer where t...
Jones, Ava vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV05466,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, October 11, 2016, ended July 19, 2017
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers were searching an apartment in Plaintiff's building and the tenant of the apt asked Plaintiff is she could secure it once they left. Plaintiff went to the apartment and was then told her son was arrested for assaulting an officer. Thereafter, Plaintiff was handcuffed and issued a summons for Disorderly Conduct and then released before being taken to a precinct. The charge was later dismissed.
Hickling, Shomari, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV03578,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, June 19, 2014, ended June 2, 2015
$32,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 11, 2013, Plaintiff was visiting a friend in Brooklyn and decided to leave with a friend who offered to drive him home. Upon entering the vestibule of his friend's residence, defendant officers blacked Plaintiff from walking to his friends car. The officers demanded identification and an explanation as to why Plaintiff was in the building. Plaintiff supplied the officers with the name and apartment number of the friend he'd been visiting, but the information was never verified. Plaintiff was cuffed, searched and placed in the police van. No illegal contraband or weapons were found on or near plaintiff or at the scene. Plaintiff was taken to the 73rd precinct where he was fingerprinted. Plaintiff was no...