McKenzie v. City of New York

USDC SDNY DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DATE FILED:_“//22// FRANKLIN MCKENZIE, Plaintiff, 17 Civ. 4899 (PAE) ~ OPINION & ORDER CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: Plaintiff Franklin McKenzie brings this action under

42 U.S.C. §§ 1983

and 1988 and New York law against the City of New York (“City”) and New York City Police Department (“NYPD”) Officers Francis Twum and Paul Catanzarita (collectively, “defendants”). Against Twum and Catanzarita, McKenzie brings federal claims of false arrest, First Amendment retaliation, excessive force, unlawful…