A Brooklyn teenager is currently suing the NYPD after he was falsely arrested twice…and the arrests are pretty ridiculous.
19-year-old Rayquann Callahan was recently put in handcuffs and taken into custody after he left his bike on the sidewalk.
According to the NY Daily News, this comes just 8 days after he gave the same officer a lawsuit for what he believes was a false arrest.
The site reports:
Officer Daniel Berardi and Rayquan Callahan, 19, first crossed paths on Feb. 24 in Brownsville. Callahan, then a senior at Brooklyn Collegiate High School and working seven days a week at McDonald’s, was walking out of the Rockaway Ave. subway station with two friends.
The trio stopped to talk to a 16-year-old acquaintance, according to court papers, when Berardi and several plainclothes cops started frisking the young men. The 16-year-old bolted.
Once his friend left, cops chased down Rayquann and his friend, even though they weren’t carrying anything illegal on them.
They were sent to jail, but then released hours later with no charges pressed after the Department realized their mistake.
Apparently during this last arrest, the cop already recognized Rayquann from the previous one.
He apparently told fellow cops:
“This is the guy who’s suing us,” Berardi told his fellow cops, according to the complaint. “I don’t care, the money isn’t coming out of my pocket.”
The teen is still facing charges for riding his bike on the sidewalk, but the lawsuit might help get those dropped.
Wow! Someone needs to reevaluate this cop’s employment!
