Post by The Sanders Firm, P.C.

“She hated them.” That is the allegation at the center of a new human-rights lawsuit filed by retired NYPD Detective 2nd Grade DAVID R. TERRELL in New York State Supreme Court, New York County. According to the complaint, Police Commissioner JESSICA S. TISCH allegedly stated, in substance, that she “hated” Terrell’s attorney, Eric Sanders, Salvatore J. Greco, and The Sal Greco Show. The lawsuit alleges those words were not harmless, stray, or irrelevant. They allegedly exposed the retaliatory atmosphere surrounding NYPD discipline imposed against Terrell. The case arises from a reported sexual assault inside One Police Plaza, NYPD headquarters. According to the complaint, that report should have been treated as a serious workplace-safety, sexual-harassment, hostile-work-environment, criminal, and public-integrity matter. Instead, the complaint alleges NYPD shifted the focus to an alleged leak investigation targeting Terrell because defendants associated him with Salvatore J. Greco and The Sal Greco Show, a podcast reporting on NYPD misconduct, corruption, retaliation, disciplinary abuse, union failures, and public concern. According to the lawsuit, Internal Affairs investigators failed to identify the specific confidential or non-public information Terrell supposedly disclosed, failed to produce competent proof, and failed to interview Greco, the alleged recipient and central witness. Yet Terrell was served with Charges and Specifications and suspended without pay for thirty days. Terrell, through counsel, submitted a written response demanding dismissal, rescission of the suspension, back pay, restoration of benefits, and expungement. According to the complaint, Tisch and the Department Advocate never answered. No Department trial. No plea. No finding of guilt. No final disciplinary or judicial determination establishing misconduct. But after Terrell retired, the punishment allegedly continued. The complaint alleges defendants denied him a Good Guy Letter or NYPD equivalent, failed to provide an unrestricted retired identification card, withheld terminal leave and earned benefits, impaired firearm-related authorization, damaged post-retirement employment opportunities, and injured his reputation and retirement standing. The lawsuit also alleges the Detectives Endowment Association and Scott D. Munro had actual notice of Tisch’s alleged statements and failed to protect Terrell from retaliation based on unresolved accusations. Discipline requires proof. Retaliation requires accountability. Unproven accusations cannot be used to destroy a retired detective’s earned benefits, credentials, reputation, and livelihood. The allegations are allegations. The defendants have not yet answered, and no court has made findings on the merits. Read the press release https://lnkd.in/eBzJMF5B