Named in 15 known lawsuits, $7,943,755 total settlements.
Baizan, Roy, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 804592/2023E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 28, 2023
Ugurlu, Ali, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 801554/2022E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, March 10, 2022
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, plaintiff Ugurlu participated in a protest when defendant Doe 81 grabbed his hands and defendant Doe 82 placed him in excessively tight plastic zip-tie handcuffs. Defendant Doe 83 then put him in a NYPD transport bus. At Queens County Central Booking, plaintiff Ugurlu was 16 hours in custody, before he was released and given a Desk Appearance Ticket, which was later dismissed.
On June 4, 2020, plaintiff Lucero participated in a protest when defendant Doe 85 deployed pepper spray in her proximity, causing pain to her eyes and throat. NYPD officers then shoved people near plaintiff Lucero, causing her to fall down. Defendants Doe 86-89 then struck plaintiff Lucero and the people on top of he...
Curran-Groome, Elizabeth vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 22CV00710,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, December 28, 2021, ended March 17, 2023
$50,001 Settlement
Complaint
Deluca, Marie, et Al vs Police Department, Nyc.
Case # 21CV10777,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021, ended May 30, 2023
$175,000 Settlement
Rodriguez, Shellyne, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV10815,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, plaintiff participated in the "FTP4" protest in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. This protest started before an 8 PM curfew that had been implemented by the NYC Mayor. At or around 7:45, before the curfew became effective, the NYPD "kettled" the protesters by forming blockades around them on all sides and thereby preventing them from leaving. At this time, Defendants Sehl, Nin, and two other officers approached and attacked plaintiff, shoving her face into a barrier, grabbing her by the hair, and punching her in the stomach. They then applied zip tie handcuffs to her wrist, tightened them so tightly as to cut off circulation, and arrested her. Plaintiff was then put into a van, wherein...
Sukana, Alyssa, et al. vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV10899,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, November 18, 2021, ended May 8, 2023
$78,500 Settlement
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020 in connection with a larger protest about the killing of George Floyd, Plaintiffs Alyssa Sukana was part of a group of protestors who was trapped in an NYPD "kettle" formation. Eventually, an NYPD officer pushed her into a car and another officer handcuffed her with plastic zip ties and held in total for 6 hours before being released. Plaintiff Andrea Canedo similarly was pushed against a car and then a fence by an NYPD officer who then ziptied her hands extremely tightly. NYPD officer then removed plaintiff's backpack and forced it around her neck for 4-5 hours. Neither plaintiff was charged.
Jones, Shannon, et al. vs Police Department, Nyc., et al.
Case # 811888/2021E,
Supreme Court - Bronx, October 26, 2021
Complaint
Description: On June 4, 2020, between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Plaintiffs Shannon Jones, Brittany Williams and Bryan Roman were protesting in Mott Haven in Bronx County for justice regarding the murder of George Floyd. Defendant NYPD Police Officers, under the pretext of Mayor de Blasio's Emergency Executive Orders, engaged in unlawful and impermissible violence to disrupt this protest, injuring and arresting plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs bring claims of: unlawful stop and search, false imprisonment, assault and battery, excessive force, failure to intervene, negligence, and violation of 42 USC Sections 1983 and 1988.
Jones, Shannon, et al. vs Police Department, Nyc., et al.
Case # 21CV10082,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 26, 2021, ended February 7, 2022
Administrative Closing
Complaint
Description: On Jne 4, 2020, Plaintiffs were peacefully attending a protest, when SRG officers in full riot gear formed aline with their bicycles to block protestors for walking any further. The officers used their bicycles as weapons, pushing the protestors back. Protestors were trapped and unable to leave, and NYPD (including Monahan and Lehr) failed to respond to their pleas. Per order of Monahan, Plaintiff Jones was grabbed, seized, chocked, and thrown to the ground by PO Wilson. PO Doe 1 assisted in the arrest, and both him and PO Wilson put their full weight on Plaintiff Jones while she was faced down on the ground, not resisting. After removing her from the ground, the Defendants placed her in extremely tight zip tie...
Hernandez, Krystin, et al. vs City of New York
Case # 21CV07406,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, September 9, 2021, ended April 20, 2023
$349,012 Settlement
Complaint
Gray, Adam, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 21CV06610,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, August 19, 2021
Complaint
Sierra, Samira, et Al vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 20CV10291,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, January 26, 2021, ended March 19, 2024
$7,161,242 Settlement
Complaint
Payne, Jarrett, et Al vs De Blasio, Bill, et al.
Case # 20CV08924,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY, October 26, 2020
Moore, Eugene vs City of New York, et al.
Case # 15CV04365,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, August 12, 2015, ended September 19, 2017
$125,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint,
Complaint
Description: Plain clothes defendant officers exited vehicle, approached plaintiff and began to pat frisk plaintiff looking for a weapon. Gun was found in a nearby doorway. Plaintiff was charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the third and fourth degree. The case was dismissed and sealed.
Vanterpool, Cristobal vs Blackman, Albert, et al.
Case # 12CV02961,
U.S. District Court - Eastern District NY, July 5, 2012, ended November 5, 2013
Zero Disposition
Ortiz et al v. The City of New York et al
Case # 10CV08999,
U.S. District Court - Southern District NY
$5,000 Settlement
Amended Complaint
Description: Ortiz was in his apt sleeping when the defendants loudly knocked on and kicked in door; defendants shouted for him to "get on the fucking floor" and took them into custody without lawful basis; took the plaintiffs to the 9th pct, while the other defendants rampaged through the plaintiff's apt (did not find any drugs etc).