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.
'Unfounded': Evidence suggests that the event or alleged conduct did not occur.
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - The alleged conduct was investigated but could not determine both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
'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.
Salomon, Yvelle vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 703998/2021,
Supreme Court - Queens, February 24, 2021
Complaint
Description: On February 23, 2018, at or around 7:30 a.m., PLAINTIFF was lawfully in his residence. When several NYPD officers in SWAT gear, including Defendant BOYSTAK, broke down the door to the bedroom where Plaintiff was sleeping.
Defendants then put a gun to PLAINTIFF’s head, and then violently threw
him to the ground. Defendant BOYSTAK and the John/Jane DOE Officers unlawfully searched the area where PLAINTIFF was located. Defendants had no probable cause. Defendants placed PLAINTIFF's hands tightly behind his back and then forcefully pushed PLAINTIFF’s face into the floor. Defendant officers then stepped onto PLAINTIFF’s head and neck, kicked and punched him several times about the body, and otherwise used excessive...