Legal Aid Calls On City To Fire Washington Heights NYPD Detective

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS, NY — The Legal Aid Society recently called on Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Police Department to fire NYPD Detective Fabio Nunez on the two-year anniversary of substantiated complaints against him for an illegal chokehold and use of a taser.

The incident in question took place in July 2018, when Nunez was accused of unnecessary force and one count of abuse of authority concerning his deployment of a chokehold and 13 taser shots on 20-year-old Tomas Medina.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board substantiated both counts in 2019, but Nunez has faced no discipline in the years since.

Nunez is still a member of the 34th Precinct in Upper Manhattan.

"Detective Nunez must be held accountable for what he did, and he should not be allowed to patrol the streets with a gun and a badge," said Medina, in a news release. "He might behave the same way with somebody else as he did with me."

Molly Griffard, a Legal Fellow with the Cop Accountability Project at the Legal Aid Society, added — "The NYPD disciplinary system is failing victims of police violence like Tomas Media who have been — and will be — brutalized by dangerous officers like Fabio Nunez."

Patch asked for comment on the subject from the NYPD Deputy Commissioner's Office of Public Information and if Nunez could be reached, but instead received the following statement: "The discipline process is ongoing."

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