Eastern Dist. N.Y.

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.

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.

NYPD officers arrested 30 y.o. Haitian immigrant male outside of nightclub; beat him while in patrol car, sodomized him with broken broom at station; officer pled guilty and is serving 30 yrs.