Bed-Stuy Resident to File Complaint Against the City Over Run-in With Cops

On Saturday, February 5th, Bed-Stuy resident, Kameron Walker, said he was assaulted by a group of men, as he walked down Halsey Street, between Thompkins and Throop Avenues.

Walker was heading home at approximately 7:00 pm after leaving nearby Royal Rib House restaurant where he went to get food.

Walker, a 28-year-old black man, said the white men surrounded him, and he heard one say, "Let's get him." He immediately began to panic, thinking he was going to be robbed.

He was told to get on the ground and did as he was told. Walker said it was then that things turned ugly for him.

"Next thing I know, one puts handcuffs on me, kind of pulls me up by my waist, then puts me back down with my face in a pile of snow," said Walker.

He said, after he was cuffed, one of the men shoved his face forcefully into the snow, causing bruises and cuts on his cheek.

Immediately after that, the  group pulled him up and started asking him questions, saying that they were looking for a violent man who fit his description.

"This is the first time that I realized that they were cops, even though they still didn't identify themselves," Walker alleged.

Eventually, they took his information and let him go. But Walker is extremely upset by the incident, and has retained a lawyer and is filing a CCRB (Criminal Complaint Review Board) notice against the City.

"You know, I'm really torn up by what happened. I've never been in cuffs before; I've never broken the law, and then, this happens," said Walker. "I just want them to know that's not how you handle things."

Kameron's lawyer, Edward Wilford, said police harrassment is frequent in the city, but what Kameron can expect is that the city will probably just settle.

Patch has reached out to the local precinct and NYPD's Deputy Commissioner of Public Information (DCPI) for comment, but neither has yet to respond.