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.
Blyden, Malisha vs City of New York & Nycpd
Case # 15CV08454,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, June 22, 2015, ended January 27, 2017
$2,671,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: This complaint entails a suit for wrongful conviction. The Plaintiff was exonerated by the Court after seven (7) years of incarceration following a confession by the true perpetrators. The following summarizes the crime briefly and the investigation that followed.
On September 6, 2005, two female sex workers, Jackie and Lace, and five men robbed and shot a man in his apartment. The Plaintiff had no connection to these crimes and no relation to the victim or the true perpetrators. The evening before the robbery, the victim had been a client of Jackie and Lace. While at his apartment they used his cellphone.
Two witnesses interviewed by Defendant NYPD Detectives Alamo and Polite reported that a short, thin wo...