NYPD cops did a no-knock raid on a Brooklyn family's apartment, cuffed a man in front of his whole block, pointed guns at a woman & the couple's crying kids, searched thru & destroyed their stuff, & only released the man an hour later (with no charges). https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-brooklyn-family-no-knock-warrant-raid-lawsuit-nypd-east-new-york-20200831-f5hxcaebrnexzhf5v4zhkoufpu-story.html

"James Patterson, 37, was removed from the bedroom, but police 'continued to train their guns on Mrs. Patterson and her crying children,' the suit says."

"''Mommy what’s going on? Why is Daddy being arrested? Why do they have guns at us?'' Serina Patterson, 31, said her 7-year-old daughter, Blessen, asked her after more than a dozen cops stormed into the bedroom where they were sleeping along with her infant son, Julius."

"The cops were looking for guns and drugs, but there was nothing there, James claimed."

"Officers took James out of the apartment and put him in the back of a squad car in full view of his neighbors, he claimed."

"Officers drove Patterson to the 75th Precinct stationhouse in East New York, the lawsuit claims."

"Then, after one of the officers in the car with Patterson got a phone call, the officers brought him back home about an hour later without charging him with any crime, the suit claims."

"Just one officer apologized, Patterson said.

''We’re sorry for the mishap. You can call 311 to get the things fixed,'' he claimed the officer said."

"Patterson walked into an apartment that had been ravaged by the cops, he said.

The dressers and bed were broken, clothes had been tossed everywhere and cereal boxes were ripped apart, Serina Patterson said."

"Cell phone photos time-stamped May 23, 2019, and shared with The News show the trashed apartment. Two other photos purportedly show the apartment door with a crack in it and the hinges ripped apart."

"'It just kind of seemed like they were just trying to destroy instead of looking for something,' Serina said. 'They destroyed everything.'

Patterson was not charged with any crime by the Brooklyn district attorney in the case."

"The NYPD said it had nothing on file for the 2019 incident."

"The only officer identified in the lawsuit is Police Officer Cory Tizzio, who 'personally participated in the violent execution of the no-knock warrant,' according to the suit."

"Tizzio had a misconduct complaint filed against him the same day as the alleged no-knock raid on the Patterson home, according to a police misconduct database."