Named in 15 known lawsuits, $334,000 total settlements.
Vizcarra, Carlo vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 25CV06500,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, December 18, 2025, ended June 4, 2026
$110,000 Settlement
Mcintosh, Shakira vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 534097/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 11, 2025
Abrom, Shaqulle & Austin, Kenneth vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 517676/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, July 9, 2024
Complaint
Description: On January 27, 2023, plaintiffs Shaqulle Abrom and Kenneth Austin were at the Exotic Smoke Shop in Brooklyn when NYPD Officers Lieutenant Alexandru Anghel, Police Officer Christopher Francis, and Police Officer Delinda Giraldo entered, demanded their IDs, and accused them of gambling. Despite providing their IDs and no evidence of gambling, the officers arrested them. Abrom was detained overnight and released the next day with all charges dismissed. Austin received a Desk Appearance Ticket and also had all charges dismissed. Officer Francis made false statements in the complaints, and other officers did not witness any gambling.
Santiago, Luis vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 510963/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 30, 2024
Complaint
Description: On May 8, 2023, PO Christopher Francis, Paul Louis, and others intentionally struck Plaintiff who was lawfully operating his motorcycle, specifically a dirt bike, with a New York City Police department motor vehicle. After being struck, Plaintiff was approached and tased by the defendants. Plaintiff was transported to New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he received treatment for his injuries and held at the hospital under police custody for approximately one week without probable cause. On May 8, 2023, the defendants created and submitted a false police report, and on April 2, 2023, initiated a prosecution against Plaintiff.
Thompson, Rogelio vs City Ny, et al.
Case # 507993/2024,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 27, 2024
Complaint
Description: On July 6, 2022, the plaintiff was unlawfully stopped, detained, assaulted, and falsely arrested by NYPD officers, including Officer Christopher E Francis and unidentified officers (John or Jane Doe 1-10). The defendants falsely accused the plaintiff of criminal acts before violently seizing him without probable cause. They then conducted an illegal search of the plaintiff's person by aggressively shoving their hands into his clothing and intimate areas. Despite the plaintiff's explicit denial of permission, the defendants also illegally searched his vehicle. The plaintiff was forcefully handcuffed in an excessively tight manner, causing bruises, swelling, and significant pain. Despite his complaints and reques...
Fowler, Ahmadi vs City of Ny , et al.
Case # 530577/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about October 20, 2020, Plaintiff was dropping off a friend at his home. When the friend exited the vehicle, Defendant Detective Jorge Ramos, Defendant Police Officers Luis Sandres, Christopher Francis, Delinda Giraldo approached the friend and ordered him to get back in the vehicle. Defendants, without probable cause or legal justification, then ordered everyone in the vehicle to exit. Plaintiff repeatedly asked officers why they stopped him and why they wanted him to exit the vehicle but they refused to answer. Defendants then, without probable cause or legal justification, handcuffed and arrested Plaintiff. Defendants then seized the vehicle, drove it back to the precinct, conducted a warrantless sear...
Gill, Jonathan vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 530579/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2024
Complaint
Description: On October 20, 2020, plaintiff exited a vehicle in front of his home 60 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn, and was approached by defendants who ordered him back into the vehicle. Defendants stopped, questioned, frisked, searched, handcuffed, and falsely arrested plaintiff. Defendants transported plaintiff to the 88th Precinct, then to PSA 3 Precinct where plaintiff was unlawfully searched. Plaintiff was transported to Brooklyn Central Booking. Defendants provided the DA's Office with false and misleading evidence to support their arresting and charging plaintiff. On October 21, 2020, plaintiff was arraigned in Brooklyn Criminal Court on and charged with Obstructing Governmental Administration and Resisting Arrest. Plaintif...
Harris, Omalley vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 530578/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, February 15, 2024
Complaint
Description: On or about October 20, 2020, Plaintiff was a lawful passenger in a vehicle. The vehicle pulled up to another passenger's home to drop that passenger off. As that passenger got out of the vehicle, Defendant Detective Jorge Ramos and Defendant Police Officers Luis Sandres, Christopher Francis, and Delinda Giraldo ordered that passenger to get back into the vehicle. Defendants, without probable cause or legal justification, ordered everyone in the vehicle, including Plaintiff, to exit. Plaintiff repeatedly asked Defendants why they stopped him and why Defendants wanted him to exit the vehicle but they refused to answer.
Defendants seized the vehicle, drove it back to the precinct, and conducted a warrantless se...
Nimmons, Anthony vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 534612/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 30, 2023, ended April 24, 2026
$25,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 12, 2022, plaintiff was arrested without probable cause or justification. He was playing basketball when gunshots rang out nearby. He and his friends began running desperately. He was grabbed by police officers who arrested him with unreasonably tight handcuffs. During the search his genitals were touched. It was falsely presented to the district attorney that plaintifff had a weapon.
Pagan, Joshua, et Al vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV05980,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 8, 2023, ended August 28, 2024
$60,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On January 16, 2023, Plaintiff 1 was lawfully in the hallway outside of his apartment when defendant POs Francis, Alexandru, and Doe approached and arrested him, despite the fact that Plaintiff had committed no crime. Plaintiff was taken to the Precinct and subsequently released with two summonses, one of which was dismissed as legally insufficient. Regarding the other, the NYPD failed to file a legally acceptable accusatory instrument.
On March 10, 2023, Plaintiff 2, a minor, heard gunshots and ran into Plaintiff 1's residence, where Plaintiff 1, Plaintiff 3, and Plaintiff 1's minor cousin, Plaintiff 4, were at home. Some time after, POs Francis, Alexandru, Kwong, and Does 2-10 arrived in the hallway outsid...
Canty, Christopher vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 511856/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, April 21, 2023, ended May 30, 2025
$35,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 8, 2022 within the common area of the Ingersoll complex, police officers among whom Christopher Francis, assaulted and battered plaintiff. Plaintiff sustained severe personal injuries as a result of those police officers teasing plaintiff.
Chouloutte, Jovanie vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 503893/2023,
Supreme Court - Kings, March 14, 2023, ended February 11, 2025
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On May 13, 2022, at approximately 9:40am, Plaintiff JOVANIE CHOULOUTTE was a front seat passenger in a vehicle owned and operated by his friend when the vehicle was stopped by Defendant NYPD officer CHRISTOPHER E. FRANCIS and ten unidentified NYPD officers in the vicinity of 57 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Neither the vehicle nor its occupants had committed a traffic infraction or any other crime. All passengers were ordered to exit the vehicle at which time Plaintiff was arrested and restrained with unreasonably tight handcuffs. No contraband was recovered on Plaintiff's person or from a location that was within Plaintiff's control. Plaintiff was nonetheless taken to PSA 3 where he was fingerprinted and phot...
Malin, Ricardo vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 522608/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, November 20, 2020, ended September 9, 2024
$9,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2019, at approximately 10:50 p.m., several police officers from the P.S.A. 3 and/or the 79th Precinct, including Officer Christopher Francis and other unnamed officers, unlawfully arrested the plaintiff near the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn, New York. The plaintiff was attending an annual community barbecue when the police, without a warrant or probable cause, swarmed the area and began abusing people.
When the plaintiff asked if he could take possession of a friend's property during an arrest, a police officer violently shoved and tackled him from behind, and other officers joined in, punching and kicking him. Despite the plaintiff pleading for the police to stop and stating that he was not resist...
Lloyd, Jeffrey, et al. Infants Under The Age of 16 By His Mng Davis, Cotondra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 513298/2020,
Supreme Court - Kings, August 6, 2020
Complaint
Description: On August 17, 2019, plaintiff Jeffrey Lloyd was present at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Martin Luther King Place in Kings County, New York, when he was allegedly assaulted by police officers Christopher Francis, John Brennan, Paul Louis, and other unidentified officers. The assault involved being beaten, kicked, punched, thrown against a fence, and forcefully handcuffed. While in police custody, Lloyd was further assaulted, denied medical treatment, and transported to a police precinct where he was held until his release on August 18, 2019.
Walston, Kenneth, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 525005/2019,
Supreme Court - Kings, December 19, 2019, ended September 19, 2023
$75,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 18, 2018 several police officers arrested plaintiffs without any particular reason. Plaintiffs were visiting and socializing at an annual barbecue called "family" day for the residents and friends of people living in the Marcy Projects. The police swarmed in the courtyard without warrant or cause and began abusing people. Plaintiff Kenneth Walston was trying to film acts of police misconduct, and police grabbed his phone, pulled his arms, placed excessively tight handcuffs on his wrists, and slammed him into a fence. Finally he was shoved into a police vehicle. Plaintiff Tracy Wilson was shoved and slammed also to the ground repeatedly. Nevertheless, she was not arrested.
