New York City has been hit with sanctions for failing to turn over evidence related to a civil lawsuit alleging several police officers used excessive force during a 2014 arrest.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kiyo Matsumoto of the Eastern District of New York granted plaintiff Allen Brown’s motion seeking sanctions after the city failed to timely turn over an audio recording taken by the police department’s Internal Affairs Bureau. The ruling means the city is barred from using both the audio recording and Brown’s original deposition, which was conducted without having that recording first. The ruling also means that the city must pay Brown’s attorney fees in connection with litigating the sanctions issue.
