| Man Sued
NYPD Officer and Screamed He Was Abused as
He Fished but Jury Ruled against Him
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
August 9 – Boisey Caldwell
sued NYPD Officer Geronimo
German for abusing him while
he was fishing in Morningside
Park.
On August
1, 2022 U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of
New York Magistrate
Judge Sarah L. Cave held a
near final pre-trial
conference. Inner City Press
covered it.
The NYC
Corporation Counsel lawyers
did not want to be referred to
as such as trial, or as
representing the City, only
German.
Judge Cave said
she'd have to inquire about
Corporate Counsel during jury
voir dire, but that during the
trial the lawyers should be
referred to by name, or as
plaintiff's counsel and
defense counsel. A
final final pre-trial
conference was set for August
5 at 5 pm.
And it took place
at 5 pm, after a letter mailed
in by Caldwell (photo here);
it was said that won't happen
again. The defense does not
want the plaintiff's
condition(s) described to the
jury. Both sides agreed it
will be a two to three day
trial.
On August 8 Inner
City Press went to the 23rd
floor to report on Caldwell's
direct and especially cross
examination. The direct was
unique, asking the client to
just stick to the facts. The
cross made him upset, with the
City's / officer's attorney
insisting there had been a no
fishing signed and that
Caldwell believes he can do
whatever he wants.
Caldwell,
in the enclosed COVID times
witness box, insisted there
was not a no fishing and that
the officer abused him,
lacerating his chin. He stood
up and yelled, I am brown
skinned, they are killed us!
The Court wisely called a
recess.
On August 9,
Officer Geronimo was on the
witness stand. His lawyer
played video of the incident,
emphasizing that he didn't put
his knee on Caldwell, and even
said "It's OK." Caldwell's
arms got pulled behind his
back, and he was in the
precinct for an hour bleeding
before sent to a hospital.
(Geronimo said it was because
he refused treatment).
Geronimo
said he's seen Caldwell in
Morningside Park three times
since, once with two little
girls; he grabbed Caldwell and
told him that he (and all
others) couldn't enter the
park.
At day's end,
Judge Cave was reading the
jury her legal charge.
And in the end,
the "jury found in favor of
Defendant... It is hereby
Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed
that... the Complaint is
hereby dismissed." The
Judgment was docketed on
August 11.
The case is
Caldwell v. Officer German
Geronimo, 19-cv-8253
(Cave)
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