Conclusion Meanings:
'Unsubstantiated': or 'Unable to Determine' - CCRB has fully investigated but could not affirmatively conclude both that the conduct occurred and that it broke the rules.
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Brownridge, Samuel vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV04603,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 18, 2021, ended January 3, 2022
$13,000,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On March 7, 1994, evening, Garfield Brown murdered Darryle Adams in St. Albans, Queens – Garfield Brown was accompanied by a man in a wheelchair with two other men. The murder spurred an investigation by the New York City Police Department – it was headed by Detective Medina. Two days after the shooting, Detective Medina located and interviewed Kevin Boatwright – right before Adams’ murder, Boatwright had been separately accosted by the same group, but his life was spared. Boatwright allegedly claimed he saw the Adams shooting from a hiding spot behind a car as he was fleeing – he, however, did not call the police. Instead, two days after Adams’ murder, Boatwright offered a description of the shooter to Defenda...