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.
Collins, Jerome vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 153060/2023,
Supreme Court - New York, April 4, 2023, ended May 17, 2024
$300,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On 12/7/22, at approximately, 7:30 p.m., Plaintiff Jerome Collins was lawfully in the vicinity of 2484 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd., New York, NY and doing nothing illegal, improper or acting suspicious in anyway. Absent an arrest
warrant or probable cause unnamed defendant NYPD officers approached stopped, searched, summarily grabbed, assaulted, battered, and detained Plaintiff in an aggressive and excessive manner. Defendant officers took plaintiff to the police station to have his fingerprints and photographs to be taken without his consent and in accordance with police procedures for the arrest of criminals and held him on various criminal charges at various police stations, correctional facilities and at...