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.
'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.
Named in 4 known lawsuits, $632,500 total settlements.
Cunningham, Ikeam vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 518650/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 9, 2024
Complaint
Description: On February 16, 2024, on a street in Brooklyn, Plaintiff IKEAM CUNNINGHAM was, without consent or cause, unlawfully stopped and detained by Defendants NYPD Officers P.O. HAIM LEVI and P.O. HEKMATULLAH MUKHTARZA. The officers placed handcuffs on the plaintiff and detained him without reasonable or probable cause, resulting in a false arrest. As a result of the false arrest, the plaintiff experienced pain, suffering, humiliation, and personal injury. On May 29, 2024, all criminal charges against plaintiff were dismissed.
Collado, Dionis vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 154579/2021,
Supreme Court - New York, May 12, 2021
Complaint
Description: On or about June 1, 2019, the Defendant officers including P.O. Ayme, Sergeant Mukhtarzada and P.O. John or Jane Doe 1-10 unlawfully stopped and questioned the Plaintiff, who had been present on a sidewalk, en route to attend a funeral. The Defendant officer illegally targeted the Plaintiff because of his race. The Plaintiff is a Black-Hispanic American male. The Defendant officers, without probable cause, grabbed and violently contorted the Plaintiff’s arms behind his back and applied handcuffs to his wrists in an excessively tight fashion. The Defendant officers ignored the Plaintiff’s complaints of the excessively tight handcuffs that were causing him to suffer substantial pain and discomfort. The Defendant ...
Medina, Tomas vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV09412,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 1, 2019, ended July 20, 2021
$562,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On July 14, 2018, officers Nunez and Hansler approached Mr. Medina and his friends on the street where they were listening to music which the officers thought was too loud. Nunez applied a chokehold and shocked Mr. Medina 13 times with a taser. Over twenty officers responded and no one intervened. An unnamed officer slapped Mr. Medina while he was in handcuffs. Officers Siciliano and Htoo conducted an improper search both in the parking lot and also in the precinct, where they pulled down Mr. Medina's pants and left him in his boxers in full view of the precinct. Mr. Medina was falsely charged with assaulting an officer, attempted resisting arrest, attempted obstructing governmental administration, and attempte...
Elias, Kathleen M., et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 160714/2015,
Supreme Court - New York, October 23, 2015, ended September 24, 2019
$70,000 Settlement