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NYPD arrest record class action lawsuit overview:
- Who: 10 New York residents are suing New York City and the NYPD.
- Why: The plaintiffs say their sealed arrest records were illegally made public by the NYPD.
- Where: The NYPD records class action lawsuit was filed in a New York court.
The NYPD illegally made the sealed arrest records of 10 New York residents public in a report that was sent to media outlets, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
The 10 New Yorkers and the Bronx Defenders filed the class action lawsuit against the City of New York and the NYPD in the Manhattan Supreme Court, the Bronx Times reports.
According to the complaint, over the summer, the plaintiffs had their sealed arrest or conviction information chronicled in a report by the city and the NYPD, and also disseminated to media outlets for publication.
The act was a violation of a 1976 sealed records statute and a September 2021 court order, the plaintiffs state.
Privileged arrest information was illegally made public to media, class action lawsuit alleges
According to 1976 state law, sealed records can only be accessed via a court order, partly in an effort to stop racial minorities from being targeted by discriminatory cops.
In September 2021, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Lyle Frank also issued a court order prohibiting the NYPD from using sealed arrest information — mugshots, arrest history, fingerprints and other identifying information — in an active investigation.
The plaintiffs say the report that included information from sealed arrest and convictions records was sent to the media. That resulted in two news articles that named certain plaintiffs, including one “H.G.,” and also included their photographs.
“This harm to H.G.’s reputation and the invasion of his and his family’s privacy can never be undone,” the plaintiffs state.
“When his name is typed into Google, the first several results that come up pertain to his arrest record, and all of these are connected with news articles published on or after August 3, 2022.”
The plaintiffs are seeking $6,000 worth of fines and a court order to prevent the city or police officials from publicizing information from sealed arrest records to media outlets.
Meanwhile, the NYPD was hit with multiple class action lawsuits in 2021 alleging its officers used excessive force on Black Lives Matter demonstrators following the murder of George Floyd.
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Same thing happen in the state of Oklahoma to an individual, also ruined his reputation, please help🙏