Long Beach Man Claims Police Officer Pulled Him In Front Of Police Horse In New Lawsuit

LONG BEACH, NY — A Long Beach resident is suing Nassau County, the Nassau County Police Department and a Nassau County police officer in the Nassau County Supreme Court this week, claiming that the officer pulled him in front of a police horse at a Steve Aoki concert.

In his complaint filed Tuesday, Long Beach resident Joseph Munisteri claims he was at a concert in Eisenhower Park on Sept. 26, 2025. At about 9:15 p.m., the complaint reads, the county police, acting on behalf of the county, improperly detained and directed him, failing to maintain a safe environment and ultimately pulling him into the path of the horse.

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Nassau County police officer Eugene Dolan, the third codefendant in the suit, is alleged to have, “approached [Munisteri] and apprehended him by the arm with no justifiable basis for doing so...Escorting [Munisteri] by the arm and in the process directed him directly in front of a police horse, which did step on and injur [sic] his foot,” the complaint reads.

Munisteri claims he suffered numerous injuries in the incident, some of which cost him a considerable amount to remedy while others, he believes, will have permanent impacts.

For his troubles, Munisteri’s complaint reads, the Long Beach resident is seeking monetary damages in excess of the monetary jurisdictional limits of lower courts in the county. According to the state court system’s website, city and district courts only have jurisdiction over civil suits of up to $15,000, while the county courts have, “limited authority over cases involving claims for money damages up to $25,000.”

When reached for comment Thursday, Nassau County police said they do not comment on pending litigation, while a spokesperson for County Executive Bruce Blakeman did not respond to requests for comment. Munisteri’s attorney, Joshua Perlman, declined to comment on his client’s condition as the trial got underway.