NYC False Arrest Lawsuit After Police Fabricate Story of Wrongdoing

NEW YORK - Aug. 8, 2015 - PRLog -- Daemel A. is a twenty nine (29) year old African American man who resides in the County of Queens, City and State of New York. On August 11, 2013, Daemel was leaving his friend’s father’s memorial barbeque in the vicinity of 126^th Street and 8^th Avenue, City, County and State of New York. At approximately 3:40AM, Daemel and two friends entered the van Daemel had driven earlier that day, when arriving; and was about to drive.Daemel had not consumed any alcoholic beverages that evening, or the day before; Daemel had not and does not use any illegal drugs. He checked his side view and rear-view mirrors and pulled out of the parking spot on the side of the road. The light at the corner was red, so he was only going to pull-up to the stop light.

As he pulled out, an NYPD van, moving at a very high rate of speed, clipped the driver’s side of his van. Daemel immediately got out of the van to assess the damage to the van he was driving. The officers that had been in the van then came walking up the street toward him. Rather than apologizing for recklessly side-swiping Daemel’s van, the defendant officers arrested him, alleging that he had been driving under the influence, which was not true. He was transported to the precinct for processing where he remained for four-five (4-5) hours. About sixteen (16) hours later, Daemel was arraigned before a Criminal Court Judge. At arraignment, he learned of the fabricated criminal charges levied against him, which consisted of assault, operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, reckless endangerment and reckless driving. Bail was set and posted. As the criminal case proceeded in Manhattan Criminal Court, Daemel’s assigned counsel was able to obtain video footage from the scene, which corroborated his account of events. Daemel also learned from his assigned attorney that the police report said that he was swerving and ran into the officers’ parked vehicle, which is not only fabricated, but proven to be untrue based on the video footage obtained. Daemel attended Criminal Court sixteen (16) times, over the course of two (2) years and on August 4, 2015, all of the criminal charges that had been levied against him were dismissed in the entirety. As a result, he claims to have suffered an unlawful detention, loss of liberty, emotional distress, fear, anxiety, humiliation and degradation – all to his detriment.

Michael Redenburg regularly represents victims of wrongful arrest, stop and frisk and false arrest in lawsuits against The City of New York in federal court, and has successfully represented dozens of citizens who have been victimized by the NYPD in wrongful arrest & stop and frisk lawsuits. His efforts have led to his clients collectively recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation.

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