Neshelle Pickett, 26, of Brooklyn, claimed in a lawsuit that she told doctors she didn’t want the gynecological exam, but was threatened with placement in a medical isolation unit alongside inmates with communicable diseases if she refused to comply.
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Watch for yourself: A stop-and-frisk incident that even a city lawyer says appears to be unjustified
A Brooklyn lawyer claims he has video proof of an illegal stop-and-frisk by an NYPD cop — and he’s getting no argument from the city.
Victim $uits: Luck of the drawn-on
They were trying to stop a killer, but the cops who opened fire outside the Empire State Building will probably end up costing taxpayers millions in legal damages, experts said.
City Bid for Immunity for Officers’ Grand Jury Appearance Is Denied (PDF)
A recent U.S. Supreme Court holding that grand jury witnesses are entitled to absolute immunity from a civil rights action will not shield a police officer accused of malicious prosecution where the officer initiated the case by signing a criminal complaint, a federal judge in Brooklyn has held.
Suits by diabetics sock NYPD
A simple injection of insulin would have saved the city millions in lawsuit payouts to diabetic NYPD prisoners, the Daily News has learned. When diabetics are arrested, they must surrender their medications to cops as well as their freedom.
City pays $85G for wrongful “wanted” photo (PDF)
A Virginia man whose photo was disseminated to the media by the NYPD after he was wrongly identified as a suspect in a string of Chinatown burlaries has pocketed $85,000 from the city to settle his defamation lawsuit.
Staten Island Man Claims Cops Beat And Sodomized Him During Arrest
A Staten Island man has filed a federal lawsuit claiming seven police officers beat and sexually assaulted him during a drug bust.
About New York: The Drugs? They Came From the Police
A police officer testified about how rules were broken so that narcotics officers could make their monthly quotas of arrests.
City Shells Out $35G To Grandmother Busted As Hooker
The city will pay $35,000 to a Brooklyn grandmother falsely arrested for prostitution. Monica Gonzalez was busted on the bogus charges while walking to Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park after suffering an asthma attack in the middle of the night.
Crack Thugs Sue City: Lawyers Settle Cop-Abuse Raps
Members of a brazen Brooklyn crack gang raked in more than $500,000 in taxpayer money by repeatedly suing the city for civil rights violations, records show.