Named in 2 known lawsuits, $33,000 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...
Wilson, Mary vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV07649,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 7, 2013, ended June 3, 2014
$16,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 16, 2013, plaintiff was sitting on a bench in the courtyard outside the apartment building at 1840 Lexington Ave in East Harlem, NY within the James Weldon Johnson public housing project, across the street from her own apartment building in the same public housing project, talking to a friend. Other civilians were present including a young man sitting near plaintiff. Two officers approached the man and asked whether a cup of liquid on the ground belonged to him. The man denied the cup belonged to him. Officers insisted the cup belonged to the man. Officers threw the man to the ground. Other civilians, including plaintiff, protested the police misconduct. One of the officers called for backup over a hand ...