TESTIMONY
Attendee on wrongful conviction, denying assault, seeking justice, and challenges with the NYPD and criminal justice system
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4 min
An attendee testified about their experience with the criminal justice system, including a wrongful conviction for assault on a court officer which they denied committing. They detailed their arrest on December 12th, 2012, and the subsequent lack of investigation by the NYPD, the destruction of exonerating video footage, and their struggle to seek justice. They also discussed facing multiple cases, a majority of which they won, and instances of being assaulted by officers. Moreover, they highlighted issues with the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau and the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), including the lack of proper investigations into their numerous complaints. The attendee sought assistance from the council members in navigating these challenges.
UNKNOWN
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Hey.
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How are you doing?
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You could dialysis to the Jewish families and also to the Muslim family.
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I was wrongfully convicted on December 12th of well, I was arrested illegally, December 12th of 2012, the day before the Sandy Hook shooting, and I was found guilty for assault on a court officer.
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This happened at 346 Broadway.
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And when this happened at 346 Broadway, there were cameras.
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Within the vicinity of where this the incident occurred.
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The cameras were not given to the DA, The NYPD never did a full investigation.
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Court office has just arrested me.
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Charged me with assault.
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I was found guilty for assault, and I didn't even touch the officer.
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Now there was video camera footage that would have exonerated me from that is from that assault, but that video camera footage happen to be destroyed purposely.
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And till this day, I'm I'm trying to seek justice, pertaining to that, and today.
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I've been currently fighting against the criminal justice system, NYPD, for a long time.
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And I've accumulated approximately 80, probably 90 cases.
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And I've beaten majority of these cases.
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You could say 85 of the cases I have beaten.
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Just recently, I was assaulted by an officer.
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I have video footage of this in a Bronx.
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I was also assaulted by officers, trying to make complaints.
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My tooth was knocked out on February 13th.
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Of 2021.
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I believe in 2020.
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I'm I'm not seeing any justice pertaining to any incidents that I've gotten involved with with the law enforcement offices.
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And the panel here that was representing NYPD.
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They were giving you information that is not actually accurate.
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The internal affairs.
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They don't have to investigate the cases that we bring toward towards them.
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CCRB When you give them when you make complaints through them
Yusef Salaam
2:39:37
Sir, we have to
UNKNOWN
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They would find blame on the officer, but they would forward it back to the commissioner, and the commissioner would get the final say so which means that the CCRB authorization can't actually Sir,
Yusef Salaam
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I would like to speak to you more about your what you're saying.
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But we have to wrap it up.
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So we can we can be in contact with you.
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My office is here with us in the in the room.
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And we can definitely take more of your testimony so that we can assist you in helping you to find some type of recourse.
UNKNOWN
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Okay.
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I just wanted to put That Well, I just found out the internal affairs bureau When I went to their actual building, I've made approximately 247 complaints.
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I haven't gotten a callback from the internal affairs bureau for any of my complaints.
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They've been ignoring me.
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And I've been doing things the right way.
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I've been creating a paper trail.
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I've been also highlighting a lot of inconsistent behaviors on part of the NYPD dealing with various different issues.
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With various different individuals that have gotten into confrontations with NYPD and who were arrested falsely by law enforcement officers.
Yusef Salaam
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So, sir, we are we are at a time, but I would like to definitely
UNKNOWN
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If I'm able to possibly speak to you,
Yusef Salaam
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
UNKNOWN
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On another setting, it would be definitely be appreciated.
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I don't know if I could get some help from you guys, but I'm I'm asking for some help.
Yusef Salaam
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No.
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You're in the right place.
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You're you're in the right place to definitely put your grievances forward with doc we're talking about exactly what you're talking about wrongful convictions.
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And the practices that lead to that.
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And so we wanna definitely talk to you more.
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But in the second time, we we definitely have to move on.
UNKNOWN
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Alright.
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Thank you, sir.