Man Sues City for $185,000 After Cop Caught Lying
NEW YORK — The City of New York chose Monday to settle a $185,000 lawsuit that alleged police misconduct and use of excessive force. Video evidence appears to show that police officers responsible for beating the plaintiff lied about the incident.
In 2008, 30-year-old Queens resident Neal Malangone had an encounter with police after he was suspected of throwing a garbage can through his mother-in-law’s window. An NYPD detective and two other officers spotted Malangone and followed him into a Chase bank in Queens. Things quickly turned ugly.
Fellow alternative news outlet CopsCaughtOnTape.com reports:
A surveillance video from the bank shows Detective David Gross entering the ATM lobby with his gun drawn and what appears to be a baton in his other hand. Malangone immediately raised his hands, palms-up, then put his arms down, walked to the middle of the lobby and appeared to be lowering himself to the floor when Gross kicked him in the upper back.
When Malangone rose, there was a bloody trail on the floor and the side of his face was streaked with blood. Moschella conceded that Gross’s gun struck the suspect in the head “unintentionally” while he was trying to subdue him.
Detective Gross, who has been named in at least five other lawsuits, insisted that he gave Malangone repeated orders to stand down, but the bank surveillance video appears to contradict his testimony:
Despite the contradictory video evidence, Gross’s police union attorney defended the detective’s actions.
“Whatever minor injury (Malangone) sustained, it was because of his own actions,” said James Moschella of the Detectives’ Endowment Association. Bafflingly, Moschella claimed that “the video surveillance of the incident entirely supported Detective Gross, and a civil jury could have very well sent this guy home without a nickel.”
Despite the defense attorney’s claim, the city chose to settle the lawsuit for $185,000.
TruthVoice was able to confirm that Detective Gross, who was a 21-year veteran, was officially cleared of any wrongdoing for the beating, and has since retired.
