Police Misconduct, False Arrest & Brutality

Overview

Inappropriate conduct by police officers is a violation of a person’s civil rights. The odds against the individual in these situations often feels like David facing Goliath because the pressure of having the weight of New York State, or New Jersey municipal and state police agencies lined up against you is daunting.

Complaints about police misconduct, such as accidental or inadvertent shootings or other serious injuries caused or contributed to by the police, or any serious injury or death caused while in custody or caused by improper medical treatment or failure to render medical care, false arrest, excessive force and racial profiling, all too often fall on deaf ears.

For example, The New York City Civilian Complaint Review Board reported a record number of complaints of police misconduct in 2010. And, more than 8,200 citizens are expected to file police misconduct complaints this year. By contrast, the NYPD is prosecuting fewer numbers of complaints -- down almost 40% over the past 5 years, as are New York State and New Jersey law enforcement agencies. If police in New York and New Jersey won’t discipline themselves, victims of abuse must step forward and hold police accountable for their actions.  Victims such as witnesses, friends of crime victims, relatives of victims, innocent bystanders and, of course, the victims themselves.

The law says the police may not arrest you without probable cause. If you have been victimized, harassed, assaulted or falsely arrested or jailed, you have the right to demand justice and to receive compensation for your injuries.

In these situations, the best thing for you to do is to speak with an experienced New York and New Jersey civil justice/police brutality lawyer.

The New York and New Jersey civil justice/police brutality lawyers at Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman have been representing victims of civil injustice and police brutality for more than three decades. We have recovered money for our clients in 98% of the cases we have handled.

Collectively our partners have well more than one hundred years of experience representing victims of police misconduct. Simonson Hess Leibowitz & Goodman is one of only seven law firms in New York City to be ranked by US News & World Report as a New York Tier 1 law firm in the category of Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs in 2010. One of our lawyers has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America, and three of our partners have been recognized in Super Lawyers.