Named in 3 known lawsuits, $135,000 total settlements.
Wilds, Michael vs The City of Ny, et al.
Case # 518853/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 20, 2024
Complaint
Description: On November 27, 2022, Plaintiff was lawfully in his mother’s residence, along with a 27-year-old man, referred to as J.C., and two 17-year-old females. Plaintiff, while in a separate room from these three individuals, heard a gunshot. When Plaintiff entered the room, he saw that one of the females had been shot in the leg accidentally by J.C. J.C. then hid the gun and fled the scene. Plaintiff called 911 to assist with the gunshot victim’s wound, and Detective Shalimar Scribner along with NYPD Does #1-5 arrived in response to the call. The two females indicated that J.C. was the victim’s boyfriend, and that he had possessed and discharged the weapon. The bag in which the gun was recovered contained J.C.’s ident...
Greene, Cassandra vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 516977/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 15, 2021, ended November 30, 2023
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 29, 2020, while lawfully waiting for her friend in the passenger seat of her friend's vehicle parked near 1900 Sterling Place in Brooklyn, NY, the plaintiff was unlawfully approached, questioned, seized, assaulted, battered, arrested, and detained by defendants in an excessive manner without legal justification. The plaintiff noticed an NYPD vehicle pull up beside the vehicle on the driver's side, and three uniformed officers exited the vehicle, approached the plaintiff, opened her door, and pulled her from the vehicle. The defendants asked if she knew she was sitting in a stolen vehicle, to which she replied that she did not think it was stolen. The defendants then arrested her, restrained her with me...
Blocker, Michael vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 19CV06950,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 17, 2019, ended June 16, 2021
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 1, 2019, officers in an unmarked car yelled at Mr. Blocker as he was walking down the street, at which point, he ran. Officers Twohig, Scribner, Hui, and Woodard failed to inform Mr. Blocker of their identity. As Mr. Blocker was crossing the street, he was struck by the unmarked vehicle, and continued running. He was then struck by a taser and arrested with handcuffs applied too tightly. He then began to bleed but was not immediately brought to a hospital. Hours later, Mr. Blocker was brought to the hospital where he remained in handcuffs and shackles. At the precinct, Mr. Blocker was informed he was arrested because he was parked in front of a school where he tossed a gun, which was a false statem...