Named in 3 known lawsuits, $138,000 total settlements.
Williams, Albert vs City of Ny, et al.
Case # 23CV01670,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, March 1, 2023, ended June 14, 2024
$120,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On November 30, 2020, Plaintiff, a Black man, was cornered in his apartment building by an undercover officer who demanded drugs and did not identify himself as law enforcement. Plaintiff tried to run for safety, but the officer chased him out of the building and tackled him to the ground while eight additional plainclothes officers descended from three different directions. Pressing Plaintiff against the pavement with his hands pinned behind his back, the officers, from the Bronx Narcotics Unit, stomped on him and repeatedly punched and kicked him. Then they dragged him to the back of their van and – while calling him “n*****” and “cockroach” – punched him in the groin until he passed out. The Plaintiff was ha...
Meekins, Shaquanna & Andre vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 035047/2020,
Supreme Court - Bronx, December 11, 2020
Complaint
Description: On December 20, 2018 at approximately 6:00 a.m. inside 1870 Schiefelin Avenue Dets. John Lindsey, Bahir Mustafa, Police Sergeant Edward Lenis, Assistant District Attorney Imani Hutty, and POs John or Jane Does 1-10 without legal justification illegally entered the residence, questioned Plaintiffs regarding illegal activity, physically restrained Plaintiffs with injuriously tight handcuffs, searched, arrested and detained Plaintiffs, who were then taken to the 47th Precinct, subject to criminal processing including strip searches, then Central Booking, then Rikers Island. Plaintiffs were wrongfully detailed for six days. Plaintiffs were maliciously prosecuted, with POs suppressing exculpatory evidence, until all...
Franks, Nkenijika, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 16CV09938,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 5, 2017, ended April 16, 2018
$18,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: Defendant Officer stopped Plaintiffs in their car with no probable, claiming he had found two guns in their car during a prior stop. Defendant Officers unlawfully searched Plaintiff's car, arrested Plaintiff, and transported to 47th Precinct, then Central Booking, and remained in custody for 24 hours.