SKETCHES OF COURT: Jury rules for City in police brutality case
In this courtroom sketch, Hon. Peter Sweeney listens during direct examination of the plaintiff by attorney John Nonnenmacher (standing), of the law firm Bader Yakaitis & Nonnenmacher, in the trial Adeyeye v. City of New York and the NYC Police Department.
At issue in the trial is the plaintiff’s claim of battery, assault, false arrest, malicious prosecution and violation of her constitutional rights under state and federal law. Court reporter Gail Eng transcribed the proceedings.
Plainclothes police officers from the 78th Precinct in Brooklyn, headquartered in Park Slope, responded to a report of a stabbing in December 2006. The victim named persons known to police, who subsequently spotted suspects outside of a Park Slope apartment building and gave chase, entering the building and the plaintiff’s apartment.