Tzvi Richt, 22, says he
received two disorderly conduct summonses for questioning Officers Graham
Brathwaite and Jason Pinero of the 61st Precinct who parked at a bus stop to
get easy access to a food truck.
BY JOHN MARZULLI
Officers Graham Brathwaite and
Jason Pinero of the NYPD 61st Precinct in Brooklyn are being sued for false
arrest.
A Brooklyn law school student
got a lesson in street justice from the NYPD after he complained cops chased a
car from a bus stop — only to take the spot for themselves so they could buy
food.
Tzvi Richt, 22, is suing the
city and Officers Graham Brathwaite and Jason Pinero of the 61st Precinct for
false arrest. He says he received two disorderly conduct summonses for merely
questioning their actions.
Richt was apparently indignant
that the cops had parked in the bus stop slot for easy access to a food truck
and told them so “in a normal tone of voice, not yelling or shouting,”
according to the suit filed in Brooklyn Federal Court.
After Richt didn’t heed
Brathwaite’s advice to mind his own business, the cop demanded Richt’s
identification. The law student was handcuffed after he questioned the legality
of that request.
The summonses were later
dismissed, but Brathwaite may soon learn a lesson of his own: He has been
transferred to desk duty while the NYPD and Civilian Complaint Review Board
investigate Richt’s claims, according to the suit.