Conclusion Meanings:
'Substantiated': The misconduct occurred and it violated the rules. The NYPD has discretion over what, if any, discipline is imposed.
'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.
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 154336/2019,
Supreme Court - New York, June 13, 2019, ended February 7, 2023
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 25, 2015, 911 dispatchers received a call reporting an assault on the corner of West 145th Street and Nicholas Avenue Subway entrance between a black and a white woman. While on her way to pick up her son, defendant NYPD officers stopped the plaintiff because she matched the description of the assailant. Despite the plaintiff informing the officers that she was not in a fight, the officers intentionally falsely claimed that the witness identified her clothing and phone case color. The defendants arrested her and took her to the police station. The plaintiff's reputation was harshly affected, and her arrest was posted on many racially negative websites. The media attention surrounding this unlawful a...
Berrio, Michelle vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV09570,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 15, 2015, ended March 29, 2019
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On February 25, 2015, 911 dispatchers received a call reporting an assault on the corner of 145th St. and St. Nicholas Ave., near the subway entrance, where a black woman was beating up a white woman and shouting racial slurs. Michelle Berrio exited this stop shortly after and walked on 145th St. toward her son's child care provider. Plaintiff was approached by NYPD officer Gellison Flores despite her not matching the description of the assailant. Flores asked her if she had been in a fight, and she replied that she hadn't. Approximately 10 minutes later, officer Tommy Keung arrived in a police car with the woman who had been assaulted in the back seat. Keung stated that the woman who had been assaulted, who h...