Named in 3 known lawsuits, $31,500 total settlements.
Province, Jerry vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 524972/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 7, 2021, ended December 29, 2023
$22,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 19, 2021, the plaintiff was lawfully present in the vicinity of 58th and Avenue H in Brooklyn, New York. The plaintiff was walking across the street when NYPD defendants illegally targeted the plaintiff as a criminal because of his race. The defendants drew a loaded handgun and pointed it at the plaintiff's head. The plaintiff did not display or threaten use of a weapon and did not give the officers any reason to believe he committed a crime. Defendants physically restrained him, violently contorted him, and placed excessively tight handcuffs on his wrists to cause him substantial pain and injury. The officers then continued to pat him down, but no weapons or evidence of contraband was found on his per...
Province, Jerry vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 529424/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, October 7, 2021
Complaint
Description: On March 18th, 2018, at approximately 1:30 pm, inside 139 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, Defendants NYPD police officers, detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, Clinton Philbert, Shapiro Lecorps, and John or Jane Doe 1-10 approached Plaintiff Jerry Province in a threatening and aggressive manner. Defendants did not have a lawful reason to approach, stop, seize, or arrest the Plaintiff because they did not observe him commiting any crimes, violating the law, or get any information from any witnesses indicating that the Plaintiff participated in criminal activity. The Defendants then violently tackled the Plaintiff to the ground, punched him, and struck him with various unknown objects on his body, face, head, leg...
Williams, Paris vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV00741,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, February 26, 2013, ended December 31, 2013
$9,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: On July 26, 2011, Plaintiff (then 17) left a McDonalds with friends when he was approached by officers and told to vacate the area. When Plaintiff hesitated to say goodbye to a friend, Defendant Officer Juaquin Bonilla grabbed Plaintiff and illegally threw him to the ground. Defendant Bonilla roughly cuffed the Plaintiff, slammed him against the hood of the car twice, and threw him in the back of the car. As Plaintiff was being taken to the 63rd Precinct, he was able to reach his phone and try to call his father, but Defendant Bonilla had the car stopped so that he could confiscate the phone and strike Plaintiff multiple times. Plaintiff received summons for obstructing a sidewalk, loud noise and other min...