Conclusion Meanings:
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
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Named in 2 known lawsuits.
Dash, Emanuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 18CV02427,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 17, 2018, ended July 17, 2018
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: Plaintiff was approached, accosted, and arrested by Defendant Officers, accused of being a part of a string of robberies. Defendant Officers coerced a written confession out of Plaintiff by threatening to shoot him. During the course of the investigation, DNA evidence did not point towards Plaintiff, nor did a witness of a robbery pick Plaintiff out of a lineup.
Dash v. Montas et al
Case # 17CV00515,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY
Complaint
Description: Before the incident date, defendants were investigating a number of commercial robberies in Bedford Stuyvesant, Kings County in April 2015. On the incident date, the plaintiff was arrested, imprisoned, and later gave a false and coerced written confession. Defendant Det. Montas told the plaintiff that he would get shot unless he wrote a confession under Montas' guidance. This confession led to the plaintiff's unlawful arrest. The plaintiff was acquitted of all charges after 17 months in jail.