SEE IT: NYPD cop allegedly took $1,300 in cash from Brooklyn construction worker’s pocket

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations that an NYPD cop wrongfully removed more than $1,000 from a man during a stop-and-frisk then pepper sprayed two people he did not arrest, the Daily News has learned.

The encounter was captured on a cell phone video, which has been turned over to prosecutors and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, said lawyer Robert Marinelli.

“One of the most disturbing things about the video is the other cops standing around watching and doing nothing to stop the wrongdoing,” Marinelli said Wednesday.

Marinelli represents siblings who were pepper sprayed — Lamard Joye who claims the cop took $1,300 from his pocket, which has still not been accounted, and his sister Lateefah Joye, a professional basketball player in Europe, who tried to get the cop’s badge number.

“I believe that this officer made an assumption that any money Mr. Joye possessed was obtained illegally and therefore he would not report the theft. This assumption was wrong, Mr. Joye is a hard-working taxpayer deserving respect,” said Marinelli.

The brief clip begins with the unidentified cop pushing Lamard Joye against the fence of a basketball court at the Surfside Gardens houses in Coney Island around 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 16.

What precipitated the incident, and is not recorded on the video, according to Marinelli, were cops roughing up a young man named Terrell Haskins nearby, prompting Lamard Joye and his friends to shout, “Is that necessary?”

A group of cops confronted Lamard, whose arms are outstretched and is saying to onlookers, “You see this?”

“Gimme my money!” Lamard Joye shouts, before the cop squirts him in the face with the spray.

Obviously this goes beyond the question of police behavior. It appears to be totally criminal. Though I did hear national talk show host express doubts about the citizens' claims. I do not know what led to the events I am reminded of Rodney King where virtual nothing was reported about what really happened until after the rioting and deaths.

Otherwise normally.. Police Behavior during Traffic and Street Stops, 2011

About 71% of persons involved in streets stops thought the police behaved properly, compared to 88% of drivers pulled over in traffic stops
In 2011, less than 1% of the 241.4 million U.S. residents age 16 or older were involved in a street stop during their most recent contact with police (table 1; appendix table 2). A greater percentage of males (1%) than females (less than 1%) were involved in street stops during 2011. Persons ages 16 to 24 were more likely than persons age 35 or older to be involved in street stops. While no differences were observed in the percentage of non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, and Hispanic populations age 16 or older involved in a street stop, among those who were stopped, a smaller percentage of blacks (38%) than Hispanics (63%) or whites (78%) felt the police behaved properly during the stop.
Traffic stops were a more common form of police contact than street stops in 2011. About 10% of the 212.3 million U.S. drivers age 16 or older were stopped while operating a motor vehicle during their most recent contact with police.1 As with street stops, a greater percentage of male drivers (12%) than female drivers (8%) were pulled over in traffic stops. Across age groups, the highest percentage of stopped drivers was among drivers ages 18 to 24 (18%). A higher percentage of black drivers (13%) than white (10%) and Hispanic (10%) drivers age 16 or older were pulled over in a traffic stop during their most recent contact with police.
A higher percentage of drivers in traffic stops (88%) than persons involved in street stops (71%) believed the police behaved properly during the stop. White drivers pulled over by police (89%) were more likely than black drivers (83%) to think that the police behaved properly, while no difference was observed between the percentages of stopped white drivers and Hispanic drivers who thought that the police behaved properly. There was also no statistical difference in the percentages of black and Hispanic stopped drivers who believed the police behaved properly.

Table 1 Involuntary contact with police among persons age 16 or older, by demographic characteristics and type of contact, 2011


	Street stops^a			Traffic stops^b
		Percent of stopped persons			Percent of stopped drivers
Demographic characteristics	Percent of all persons	Total	Police behaved properly^d	Percent of all drivers^c	Total	Police behaved properly^d
Total	0.6%	100%	70.7%	10.2%	100%	88.2%
Sex
Male	0.8%	67.5%	69.8%	11.9%	58.8%	86.9%
Female	0.4	32.5	72.7	8.4	41.2	89.9
Race/Hispanic origin
White^e	0.6%	65.2%	77.6%	9.8%	69.3%	89.4%
Black/African American^e	0.6	12.4	37.7 !	12.8	12.6	82.7
Hispanic/Latino	0.7	15.3	62.9	10.4	12.2	86.5
American Indian/Alaska Native^e	0.5 !	0.6 !	100 !	15.0	0.6	74.2
Asian/Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander^e	0.4 !	3.6 !	85.0 !	9.4	4.0	89.5
Two or more races^e	1.8 !	3.1 !	76.6 !	13.4	1.3	94.8
Age
16–17	1.5%	8.5%	67.4%	9.0%	1.8%	92.3%
18–24	1.6	31.7	72.1	17.8	19.5	85.1
25–34	0.9	27.1	64.4	12.7	22.4	88.1
35–44	0.4	10.6	81.6	11.3	19.8	87.9
45–54	0.4	10.9	79.7	9.4	17.9	88.7
55–64	0.2	5.5	62.2 !	7.1	11.4	89.7
65 or older	0.2	5.7	68.8 !	4.8	7.2	92.3

Note: See appendix table 2 for estimates of the U.S. population and driving population age 16 or older and appendix table 3 for standard errors.

! Interpret with caution. Estimate based on 10 or fewer sample cases or the coefficient of variation is greater than 50%.
a Includes persons stopped by police during the past 12 months for whom the most recent contact involved being stopped by police on the street or in public, but not in a moving motor vehicle.
b Includes persons stopped by police during the past 12 months for whom the most recent contact was as a driver in a traffic stop.
c Percents based on the driving population age 16 or older, which includes PPCS respondents who reported driving a few times a year or more or were the driver in a traffic stop.
d Denominator includes approximately 2% of respondents who did not know or did not report whether police behaved properly.
e Excludes persons of Hispanic or Latino origin.

Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey, Police-Public Contact Survey, 2011.

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