Can the NYPD Spot the Abusive Cop?
Darvell Elliott was near his Brownsville home one August night in 2010 when cops stopped him and said he matched the description of someone who allegedly robbed a man’s iPod and cellphone.
They handcuffed him and he expected to take a trip to the precinct but then the world went black. He came to in the hospital with his face “stuck to the sheet like Velcro.” Photos his attorney provided show his head covered with blood-soaked bandages.
He said it was a case of mistaken identity. Elliott would later allege cops tripped him and beat him after he hit the ground. The city agreed to pay $20,000 to settle the lawsuit and his criminal case was ultimately dismissed.
The arresting officer named in the lawsuit is a Brooklyn cop — Donald Sadowy.
http://www.wnyc.org/story/can-the-nypd-spot-the-abusive-cop/
From this article it seems that a small percentage of cops are responsibility for a disproportionally high number of complaints.
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