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.
Paulini, Ethan, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV07059,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 6, 2015, ended June 28, 2017
$62,502 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On September 11, 2014, Plaintiffs Sajous and Paulini hailed a cab on the corner of West 13th Street and 7th Avenue to go uptown driven by Defendant Adolph. Adolph took city streets for about twenty blocks and had to stop frequently for red lights. Sajous asked the driver to take the Westside Highway, but Adolph responded, "No." Sajous responded that she believed it was against the law for a taxi driver to refuse a request route. Adolph responded, "I don't have to do anything for a Nigger," to which Paulini said, "What did you say?" The driver, in a much louder voice, then said, "Now the Faggot got something to say." Plaintiffs immediately asked the driver to pull over and let them out, but he refused. Plaintiff...