Bronx Man Arrested For Barbequing While Black Files False Arrest Lawsuit

NEW YORK - June 3, 2015 - PRLog -- In the late afternoon of May 25, 2015, Adam was barbequing on a grill across the street from his residence when he was approached by two NYPD Officers who asked for “the cook.” Adam  acknowledged that he was “the cook” and informed the officers that earlier that day, other NYPD officers informed him that he could cook there. The officers now on the scene told him that they did not care what the officers had told him earlier and told him to shut off the grill. Adam complied with the officers’ instructions.

One of the NYPD Officers then grabbed Adam’s arm and put his left hand in a handcuff. Another officer grabbed his right arm, forcefully threw him against a car and cuffed his hands together. The officers then went through his pockets, found no weapons or contraband, and shoved him into the back of a police vehicle. Yet another NYPD agent then yanked him by the handcuffs further into the police vehicle. After asking numerous times why he was being arrested, the officers eventually told him he was being arrested and charged with Resisting Arrest. He was then transported to the precinct and processed.

Although Adam was complaining of the pain in his wrists from being yanked by the handcuffs, he was not allowed medical attention, and instead, he was forced to sign a blank form, waiving the need for medical attention, and given a pink ticket for Permitting an Open Flame. He was then transported to Central Booking and at arraignment, he learned that he had been charged with Resisting Arrest and Disorderly Conduct. At arraignment, the matter was adjourned in contemplation of dismissal.

Once released, Adam went to Bronx-Lebanon Hospital due to the pain in his wrists, which resulted from his handcuffed hands being forcefully yanked by an NYPD Officer. As a result of the foregoing, Adam suffered an unlawful detention, loss of liberty, physical injury to his wrist, emotional distress, fear, anxiety, humiliation, embarrassment, degradation and damage to his reputation - all to his detriment.

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