• Fired NYPD So-Called ‘PIMP COP’ Files $30 Mil. Lawsuit

    April 30, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 million lawsuit that the police department ‘used aggressive questionable police tactics and then railroaded him’    Mr. Monty Green alleges that the internal investigators’, the UC’S from the Kings County District Attorney’s Office and ‘Pretty Tony’ had a great time role playing and acting out the ‘Pimp Game’ including consuming alcohol, buying marijuana and touching the naked bodies of nude dancers for their own ‘sexual gratification.’  During the course of both investigations, the internal investigators’ interviewed numerous ‘nude dancers’ of color, primarily African-American females that they callously and stereotypically called ‘Prostitutes’ although they uncovered ‘NO OBJECTIVE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE’ that these women were engaging in activities as a ‘Prostitute.’ Green points out that the internal investigators’ interviewed numerous women of color, primarily African-American females that they callously and stereotypically called ‘Prostitutes’ although they uncovered…

  • NYPD Sergeant ‘Assaulted’ By Coworker Files $15 Mil. Notice to Sue

    April 30, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that the police management of Patrol Borough Manhattan South did nothing to rein in an out of control supervisor who eventually assaulted him   According to the claim, Claimant alleges that in or around December of 2011, Respondent Deputy Inspector John D’Adamo (Caucasian Male – Bronx Ticket Scandal) tried to coerce him to voluntarily transfer into the Patrol Borough Manhattan South Anti-Crime Unit.  He refused.  Around June 2012, Claimant was involuntarily transferred into the Patrol Borough Manhattan South Anti-Crime Unit by Respondent Assistant Chief Thomas Purtell (Caucasian Male).  He was interested with improving his ‘numbers.’    Claimant alleges that upon his arrival, Respondent Sergeant John Rajan (South-Asian Male) made his dislike of Hispanics quite clear.  Additionally, while inside of the Patrol Borough Manhattan South Investigations Unit, Respondent Sergeant…

  • Former IAB Female Detective Files $15 Mil. Notice to Sue

    April 18, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau is an inept racially and sexually charged corrupt ‘Good Ole Boys’ network operating without any real government oversight According to the claim, Claimant Retired Detective Second Grade Shirley Pelage says that throughout her assignment in the Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) from July 2, 1999, through her retirement April 13, 2013, under Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and Bureau Chief Charles V. Campisi, the ‘Bureau’s’ primary goals were to protect the ‘image’ of the department as opposed to rooting out police corruption that impacts the public safety particularly the African-American and other communities of color.    Pelage claims that IAB intentionally inhibits the oversight and monitoring of the department by the Commission to Combat Police Corruption; the New York City Civilian Complaint Review…

  • Female Cop ‘Strikes Back’ Filing $15 Mil. Notice to Sue

    March 21, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $15 million Notice of Claim filing that NYPD Housing Police Service Area No.: 8 police supervisors actively participated, ratified, condoned or acquiesced to the creation of a racially and sexually charged work atmosphere According to the claim, from June 19, 2011, through the present, the Claimant, Eunice Vilaseca, a Medium Brown Skinned Dominican female police officer has been subjected to the highly offensive discriminatory conduct of Lieutenant Dennis Azambuja (Light Skinned Hispanic Male).  Lieutenant Azambuja openly announced in the workplace that he has a “Hit List” of ‘minority officers’ meaning African-American and Hispanic officers that he dislikes due to their race and/or ethnicity.  This “Hit List” includes Caucasian Male officers who closely affiliate themselves with their minority partners.  Lieutenant Azambuja openly makes racially offensive jokes and comments about African-Americans.  Additionally, Lieutenant Azambuja openly refers…

  • Cop Sues for $30M Alleging Discrimination

    March 4, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., alleges in a $30 Million Dollar lawsuit that the NYPD fosters a sexually charged work atmosphere where Caucasian Male supervisors can openly abuse their minority female subordinates March 4, 2013 (New York-NY) – Lisette Pedrosa says that working at the 25th Precinct is “very stressful.” Pedrosa, who is a Puerto Rican Female, says that from January 2010 through this day, she has been retaliated against after complaining about being subjected to the highly offensive sexual conduct of Lieutenant Salvatore Marchese including frequent requests for sex, sexually explicit text messages and vulgar comments in the workplace as well as on her personal cellular telephone. She alleges that Lieutenant Marchese while her direct supervisor would frequently isolate her from her colleagues then bombard her with frequent requests for sex, sexual favors, sexually explicit text messages and vulgar comments.  She…

  • Mount Vernon Police Officers File Claims for Retaliation

    February 28, 2013 | Posted by

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    New York Civil Rights Attorney Eric Sanders, Esq., of The Sanders Firm, P.C., announces that Mount Vernon Police Officers file claims of retaliation for reporting police corruption   February 28, 2013 (New York-NY) – Four years ago today, Sergeant Michael Marcucilli was accused of assaulting a 12 year old African-American boy during an arrest.  Since that day, Detective Martin Bailey and Police Officer Janie McKennie, both African-American claim that they have been subjected to retaliation by Caucasian Male members of the Mount Vernon Police Department. Bailey and McKennie allege they witnessed Sergeant Marcucilli use excessive force against a defenseless 12 year old African-American boy during an arrest at the A.B. Davis Middle School.  Both officers gave statements to the Internal Affairs Division, Mount Vernon’s Law Department as well as provided testimony in federal court. Bailey says that he was retaliated against for reporting Sergeant Marcucilli’s misconduct.  He claims to have…

  • Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act 0f 2009

    February 12, 2013 | Posted by

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    The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, 18 U.S.C. § 249, also known as the Matthew Shepard Act, was passed on October 22, 2009, then signed into law by President Barack H. Obama on October 28, 2009, as a rider to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 (H.R. 2647).  The Act was enacted to provide federal assistance to state and local jurisdictions as well as tribal jurisdictions to help them to more effectively investigate and prosecute hate crimes. It also creates a new federal criminal law which criminalizes willfully causing bodily injury when: the crime was committed because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin of any person or the crime was committed because of the actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability of any person and the crime affected interstate or foreign commerce…

  • Employment Non-Discrimination Act

    February 11, 2013 | Posted by

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    The Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is a bill pending before Congress that would prohibit discrimination in hiring and employment on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity by civilian, nonreligious employers with at least 15 employees.  Religious organizations are provided an exception from this protection, similar to that found in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.  Non-profit membership-only clubs, except labor unions, are also exempt.  ENDA has been introduced to every Congress except the 109th since 1994 without passage. ENDA defines gender identity as “gender-related identity, appearance, or mannerisms or other gender-related characteristics of an individual, with or without regard to the individual’s designated sex at birth”.  Further, sexual orientation is defined under ENDA to include homosexuality, heterosexuality and bisexuality. In a survey of transgender and gender non-conforming people conducted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force found 90 percent of respondents experienced harassment, mistreatment,…

  • Claims Resolution Act of 2010

    February 8, 2013 | Posted by

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    The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Act) was enacted to resolve the water rights claims of certain Indian tribes and African-American farmers.  The Act consists of the following components: the Individual Indian Money Account Litigation Settlement, the Final Settlement of Claims Re Black Farmers Discrimination Litigation, the White Mountain Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification, the Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement, the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights, the Aamodt Litigation Settlement, the Reclamation Water Settlement Fund, and General Provisions. The Indian Trust Settlement The background of the Indian Trust Settlement began with decedent Elouise Cobell, a female member of the Blackfeet Nation of Montana.  The dispute arose when Ms. Cobell, a treasurer with the Blackfeet Nation alleged that the federal government failed to account for billions of dollars in trust monies to Indian trust beneficiaries.  In 1996, Ms. Cobell filed a lawsuit in federal court, after 15 years, seven trials, ten…

  • Fair Sentencing Act of 2010

    February 7, 2013 | Posted by

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    The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (Act) was enacted to reduce the disparity between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to trigger certain federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio and eliminated the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for simple possession of crack cocaine, among other provisions.  Prior to the Act, the Courts have already begun to reduce the sentencing disparity. The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 implemented the initial disparity, then reflecting Congress’s view that crack cocaine was a more dangerous drug than powder cocaine.  After extensive research by the United States Sentencing Commission as well as other experts, it was determined that there is no scientific basis to conclude that crack cocaine is more dangerous than powder cocaine.  Quite frankly, some argue not without some support, that the hidden motive behind the disparity in sentencing was racial animus against African-Americans. …

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