Parker, Aramus vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 500654/2021,
Supreme Court - Kings, January 25, 2021, ended July 10, 2024
$65,000 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On or about July 5, 2017, Plaintiff was near the Red Hook NYCHA
Houses while a group of people were gathered outside. Plaintiff approached a woman he knew to say hi and catch up. Soon after Defendant officers Samuel Lavaud, Nicholas Demetrius, Andre Grant, Paul Melendez and others (together the "defendants") pulled up and illegally stopped and threw plaintiff to the ground. They then falsely arrested him and placed him in their van. Defendants fabricated a story making false allegations against plaintiff including gun posession and maliciously prosecuted him. They falsely stated that they closely observed Mr. Parker when they arrived at the scene, that he dropped a firearm from his person, that he ran away, and...