Client was an African American female detained for approximately twenty hours. The allegation was she was selling marijuana. No marijuana was found on her person. The judge threw the charges out at the arraignment. She worked for NYC and was drug tested subsequent to this and lost about a week of work. The client wanted to proceed with the settlement to be done with everything. She did not seek any medical (psychological or otherwise) attention and lost about $375 in wages.
Plaintiffs, two African-American teenaged boys, were stopped by City of Poughkeepsie police because one (Dancy) supposedly matched the description of a suspected robber. When the other, Elting, tried to call his mother on his cell phone, he was taken to ground by defendant McGinley and beaten by McGinley and other officers while restrained. Elting was arrested for OGA and later the police claimed he possessed crack cocaine. Meanwhile, another officer, Williams, slammed Dancy’s head against side of patrol car, resulting in hairline jaw fracture.
Plaintiffs were unlawfully stopped by Defendant Sgt. James Lee and Officer Sangwoo Lee. Defendants falsely stated that Plaintiffs' headlamps were not operative, but it was broad daylight. Defendants arrested Plaintiff Arion Anthony alleging that he possessed a gravity knife, but it was a common folding knife.
Plaintiff Arion Anthony received $26,500 for 12 hours in custody pre-arraignment. Plaintiff Karry Calderon received $1,000 for 1 hour roadside detention.
NYPD officer chased 18 yr. old down to his apartment, shot and killed him in front of grandmother and little brother. Survived by parents, grandmother, younger brother.
28 y. o. man walking downstairs in a Brooklyn housing project, when an officer patrolling down below fired his gun; shot ricocheted, killing him. Survived by fiancée and daughter. Officer convicted of involuntary manslaughter.
39 y.o. mentally ill man denied medication and treatment for mental illness and diabetes died in jail.
Officers responding to bar fight tapped on car window, and driver started to drive away; officer stepped in front of car and shot him, assuming victim had tried to run him over; survived by parents.
Death of 43 yr. o. man following being placed in chokehold and left in prone position while being arrested for selling loose cigarettes. Survived by wife and children who appear to have settled prior to filing lawsuit. No charges brought against officers.
23 y.o. man shot to death when he and two friends were leaving nightclub. 50 rounds fired at car and each of the three men hit; survived by fiancée and parents, they and two friends who survived shooting brought suit. Involved officers later acquitted.
Jail medical company failed to provide adequate care to drug-addicted Iraq War veteran with PTSD, who hanged himself in the Nassau County Jail. Survived by mother and brother. Jury assessed $890,000 compensatory damages and $7M punitives against medical provider; civil rights attorneys fees not included in verdict and awarded after trial.