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.
'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.
Williams, Lawrence vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 13CV04423,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 6, 2013, ended September 21, 2016
Zero Disposition
Complaint
Description: On April 21, 2008, Alberto Ortiz was subject to an attempted robbery by two unidentified men. NYPD Detective Brian Harrington claimed that on April 24, 2008, Ortiz told Harrington that "people in the neighborhood" identified Plaintiff "Lawrence Williams" as one of the perpetrators. Ortiz consistently denied giving Harrington the name. Harrington further claimed that he produced a computerized array of 64 pictures of people named "Lawrence Williams" and that on August 24, 2009, Ortiz picked Plaintiff's picture from that array. Ortiz denied having ever identified Plaintiff's photograph.
On May 20, 2008, NYPD Officers broke through the locked door of Plaintiff's friend's residence without authority and entered w...