2016

Deputy pursued suspected drunken driver to home and entered garage allegedly in hot pursuit. In encounter at door from garage to home, deputy fired Taser to prevent driver’s escape into his home. Driver struck in left eye with Taser dart and subsequently lost all vision in left eye.

Plaintiff was found outside ballpark with the credit card of a police captain’s daughter. Police captain and other unknown officers beat him, put a loaded gun in his mouth, and broke teeth. Captain sentenced to 7 years prison on federal 1983 charges.

During a routine traffic stop, Defendant Police Officer grabbed Plaintiff by the neck and slammed her against the hood of his patrol car. Plaintiff sustained injuries consisting of an 8 mm disc protrusion, a 7 mm disc protrusion with bilateral nerve root compromise, and a 5 mm disc protrusion. Defendant Police Officer admitted to failing to properly focus his vehicle’s dashboard camera and not wearing his body microphone at the time of the incident.

Plaintiff was under arrest and in custody. Complaining of chest pains and paramedics were dispatched and present. Officer ordered everyone present including medical personnel to turn around and struck the plaintiff in the mouth with an open hand.

Ron Parsons awoke at night and thought he saw a burglar outside his door. He slammed the door, got his gun, and called 911. Dispatcher told Ron to put away the gun and connected him with police outside. Ron came out and was told to kneel or lay on the ground. Ron refused. He was tased, kicked and punched. No charges filed except that after he made an open records request, warrant was issued and he was charged with obstructing an officer’s official duties, a misdemeanor. Went to trial and found not guilty.

Officer Nate Kinsey hit Plaintiff in the face with a closed fist, and officers then pulled Plaintiff from the rear of a vehicle. Plaintiff was subsequently prone on the ground and his hands were above his head. Nevertheless, Officer Kinsey hit Plaintiff with a closed fist approximately nine more times. Officer Schwarze removed the cartridge from his Taser, held the trigger down, and delivered approximately three drive stuns to Plaintiff. Officer Aric Gallatin kicked Plaintiff approximately three times and stomped on him approximately twice.

Plaintiff was in the wrong place at the wrong time, as officers were raiding the upstairs unit in the duplex where Plaintiff lived downstairs. Plaintiff was hit by the front door to the duplex when Officer Peter Stanton rammed it open. Plaintiff was subsequently thrown to the floor and stomped on by Officer Stanton, though Officer Stanton denied stomping on Plaintiff.

In 2012 client was pulled over on his motorcycle for his license plate light supposedly not being bright enough and then cited for not having a proper motorcycle license. After client received his citation, he was allowed to leave the scene on foot with his helmet and keys as the officers impounded the motorcycle. The officers later decided they wanted the keys to make towing the motorcycle easier. The officers then made contact with client about a ½ mile from the stop and requested the keys. Client refused to give the keys to them and was arrested.

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.