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.
Further details on conclusions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $30,000 total settlements.
Reid, Marcus vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503799/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, May 28, 2024
Complaint
Description: On February 6, 2021, while quarantined due to COVID-19 at his residence, the Plaintiff was falsely arrested by NYPD officers for a robbery that had occurred four months earlier. The crime involved six individuals forcing a victim to withdraw money from an ATM, but surveillance footage did not show the Plaintiff near the victim or the ATM. Despite no probable cause, the Plaintiff was arrested, searched, and detained, with false evidence provided by the officers to the District Attorney's Office. The Plaintiff was held in quarantine at Red Hook Community Court, later remanded to Rikers Island in deplorable conditions, and assaulted by other inmates. He was detained for several months before all charges were dismi...
Patterson, James A., et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV03972,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 27, 2020, ended June 14, 2024
$30,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 23, 2019, Defendant NYPD Officers executed a no-knock warrant by breaking down the front door of Plaintiff's home with a battering ram. Defendant Officers entered the home with guns drawn, entered Plaintiff's bedroom and pointed the guns at Plaintiffs and their children and ordered them to 'get down.' Defendant Officer pushed Plaintiff face down on the floor, tightly handcuffed him and forcibly removed him from the bedroom and put him into a police vehicle. Officers kept the gun pointed at Plaintiff's spouse who was in her underwear and their children. Plaintiff's spouse was searched including her scalp and hair bonnet and was not allowed to put on her clothes or to dress her children until after the sea...