Conclusion Meanings:
'Exonerated': or 'Within NYPD Guidelines' - the alleged conduct occurred but did not violate the NYPD's own rules, which often give officers significant discretion.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Named in 2 known lawsuits, $35,000 total settlements.
Callender, Elliott vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV01706,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, April 20, 2016, ended January 2, 2018
$15,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On April 7, 2015, Plaintiff was in the backyard of a friend’s apartment in Kings County, New York. Plaintiff heard a loud noise, screaming, and people yelling to get on the floor. Plaintiff was scared and ran out of the backyard, jumped over a fence, and hid. The loud noise was the result of a no-knock warrant that NYPD officers had executed at a different apartment than the one Plaintiff was visiting. The defendant officers pursued Plaintiff and approached him with their weapons drawn. Plaintiff surrendered, on his knees with his hands behind his back. The officers tackled Plaintiff to the ground from behind, forced his face into the ground, and then punched and kicked him. Plaintiff begged the officers to sto...
Wallace, Shadearra vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 14CV06590,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, November 12, 2014, ended May 4, 2015
$20,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On August 14, 2013, at approximately 11:00 p.m., plaintiff was accosted by three plainclothes police officers in the lobby of her apartment building in Brooklyn, New York. The officers forcibly subdued plaintiff, assaulting her and causing her shirt to come up over her head and her pants to be pulled down. They handcuffed her without probable cause and transported her to a police precinct. At the precinct, the officers falsely informed the Kings County District Attorney's Office that plaintiff had committed several crimes, including multiple counts of assault. Plaintiff was arraigned in Kings County Criminal Court, where she was released on her own recognizance after approximately seventeen hours in custody. Sh...