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.
Further details on conclusion definitions.
Li, Ying vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV01599,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 2, 2015, ended April 11, 2019
$722,001 Settlement
Complaint,
First Amended Complaint
Description: Defendant Officers were called to the hospital on suspected child abuse after Plaintiff's daughter was hospitalized. For almost 24 hours, Plaintiff and her husband were subjected to multiple interrogations, searches of their home by three separate squads, and forensic interrogations. Defendants falsely concluded that the child died of Shaken Baby Syndrome and charged both Plaintiff and her husband with Manslaughter in the First Degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Plaintiff's husband was convicted of reckless manslaughter and the charges against her were dismissed. Plaintiff alleges she was prosecuted to put pressure on her husband to plead guilty. As a result, Plaintiff, who gave birth to anothe...