BROOKLYN, N.Y. — A federal court in New York ruled in favor of the NYPD and its detectives on false arrest, malicious prosecution and First Amendment retaliation claims brought by a former officer who was charged, but not indicted, for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl. The former officer’s arrest was supported by probable cause, and he could not show evidence to show that his firing from the force was retaliation for talking to a reporter and complaining of the city’s comptroller.
Read the ruling here.
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