Police Accused Of Beating Gay Man At Pride Party, Fabricating Kidnapping Story To Arrest Him

Surveillance video shows police blocking a CCTV camera before the assault.
From: NewNowNext

 A Brooklyn man who claims he was beaten and erroneously arrested by several NYPD officers at his gay pride house party in January 2013 has been acquitted of all charges, and claims in a new interview with the Daily News that cops fabricated much of their story to bolster the charges against him.

“The officers involved in this case lied about what happened,” Eric Subin, a lawyer for the victim, 35-year-old Jabbar Campbell, told the Daily News. “It’s been one lie after another.”

According to Campbell, officers arrived at his home in Crown Heights around 3 am on the night of the party he hosted for around 80 friends.

 Campbell claims the officers said they were investigating a noise complaint and asked him to lower the volume of the party. They returned a few hours later, however, and demanded to have access to his apartment because they believed a man was being held captive at the party.

That claim was never substantiated and the supposedly kidnapped man was never found; Campbell believes it was a lie to begin with and that officers were trying to “trash his reputation.”

“It’s frightening to think about, really,” said Campbell, who’s undergone several surgeries related to injuries he sustained during his arrest. He says that when he was arrested, several officers beat him while yelling homophobic slurs.

According to the NYPD, he was officially arrested for shoving a sergeant and charged with resisting arrest.

In surveillance video obtained by the Daily News, a camera on Campbell’s front porch shows his arresting officer, Sgt. Juan Moreno, climbing a railing to adjust the camera to point a different way before he entered the house.

The camera also captured officers when they returned to the house two months later to investigate alleged drug activity — another lie Campbell believes the cops concocted to gain entry to his house for an illegal search.

The stories of officers involved in both incidents didn’t match when they were deposed by Campbell’s lawyer, and an NYPD spokesperson confirmed there was no Internal Affairs investigation into Campbell’s claims.