Author: LLG

In July 2015, NYPD Sgt. Joseph Alohan attempted to apprehend our unarmed client, AW, for stealing rims from a parked car. When AW fled, Alohan decided to shoot him. The bullet went through the AW’s forearm as he was running away from Alohan, who later falsely claimed that AW had charged at him with a knife. A jury flatly rejected that claim. Earlier this month LLG settled AW’s excessive force case against Alohan and the City of New York for $200,000.

LLG is happy to say that we have reached a settlement of $750,000 for our client, MJ, in a case where he was badly beaten by a NYPD officer, and suffered a brain bleed, leading to several seizures.

LLG’s client, TJ, was arrested in a bodega in July 2015 for a crime he did not commit. Although TJ did not resist arrest, and certainly did nothing to threaten the two arresting officers in any way, NYPD officers Pearce Martinez and Lenny Lutchman repeatedly punched and struck TJ with their fists and a retractable baton, slamming his face on the counter of the store where the arrest occurred. Although the officers told their colleagues and supervisors that they had not used any force, this lie was quickly uncovered when surveillance video was found that captured the arrest. The video can be seen here. The case settled recently for $325,000.