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.
Further details on conclusions.
Williams, Gary vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 152447/2017,
Supreme Court - New York, March 16, 2017, ended September 19, 2017
$6,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 29, 2014, at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the vicinity of 15 East 131 Street, where the Plaintiff resided, several police officers from the 25th precinct, including defendants Mark Danon, Timothy Stokes, Steven Wan, Bliss and John or Jane Does #1-10 arrested the Plaintiff, a black male, without arrest or search warrants, probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Plaintiff had asked his sister's boyfriend to leave, and that if he did not, that Plaintiff would call the police. Plaintiff's sister had then called the police and made a false statement that the Plaintiff had struck her and her boyfriend, but when the defendant POs arrived, the Plaintiff's sister recanted that story and noted that Plaintiff had ...