NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban cleared officers Andrey Samusev and Daniel Alvarez of misconduct charges sought by the Civilian Complaint Review Board for improper use of force at a 2020 George Floyd protest.

Two NYPD officers who drove their SUVs into a crowd of protesters blocking a Brooklyn street at the height of the George Floyd protests in late May 2020 have been cleared of wrongdoing by police commissioner Edward Caban, Civilian Complaint Review Board officials confirmed Friday.

Caban endorsed an NYPD administrative trial judge’s recommendation that officer Andrey Samusev be found not guilty of multiple charges of improper use of force with a vehicle and reversed the same judge’s recommended finding of guilt against officer Daniel Alvarez.

The outcomes were posted early Friday on the website 50-a.org, which combs through public law enforcement databases for information on police disciplinary cases.

The charges were brought by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) after an internal NYPD probe exonerated both officers of wrongdoing stemming from the incident on May 30, 2020 in Prospect Heights.

During an administrative trial in December 2022, CCRB prosecutors had sought termination for Samusev and a one-year probation for Alvarez, during which any additional infraction could prompt termination, along with other penalties. 

  • don@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    “We have investigated ourselves and discovered that we’ve done nothing wrong.”