Lawsuit Settlement Funding Firm Reports Shocking New York City Police Brutality Statistics in Light of Grand Jury Decision not to Indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for Chokehold Death of Eric Garner

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., Dec. 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, reports overwhelming statistics provided in a special report by the NY Daily News that over the last 15 years, New York City cops have killed 179 unarmed individuals, with only one officer being convicted of a crime. Legal-Bay is a plaintiff advocate firm that assists individuals who were a victim of police abuse and/or wrongful imprisonment by providing them with cash advances while they fight their cases. The company is reporting this news in light of the recent decision by a Staten Island grand jury not to indict white NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

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Eric Garner was a black male and a father of six. He was killed on July 17^th after being placed in a chokehold and piled on by several officers. Garner died after repeatedly saying to the officer "I can't breathe." The controversial case, as well as the recent non-indictment in the Ferguson, St. Louis County, Missouri (MO) case of Michael Brown, has sparked national calls for justice reform in our courts, as well as stark changes in dealing with police abuse. Many professional athletes, including LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers, have worn t-shirts with the words "I can't breathe" in support of reform.   

Apparently the problems in New York are of the most controversial throughout the country, according to Legal-Bay. An investigation led by the NY Daily News discovered that at least 179 people were killed by on-duty NYPD officers within the last 15 years. Of those deaths, only three have led to an indictment and only one on-duty officer who killed someone was convicted, however, he wasn't sentenced to jail time. News' analysis started "with the 1999 slaying of unarmed Amadou Diallo in a hail of bullets and ends with last month's shooting death of Akai Gurley, who police say was hit by a ricocheting bullet fired by a rookie cop in a darkened housing project stairwell in Brooklyn. Gurley was also unarmed." NY Daily News reported that among their investigation they discovered: 95% of those who were killed were men, approximately 27% of those who were killed were unarmed, 86% were black or Hispanic (where race was known), 88% were reported as crime suspects, 20% were emotionally disturbed, and 21 people were killed in 2012 (three of those included were killed by off-duty cops) which was the highest amount of deaths per year spanning the 15-year time frame. Due to the vicious nature of these crimes and the growing public awareness on these cases, Legal-Bay stands ready to assist those who have been faced with police brutality or wrongful imprisonment, as these cases are unfortunately far too common.

Chris Janish, CEO of Legal-Bay, commented on the recent grand jury decision in the Garner case, "There seems to be a high volume of cases in NY involving police brutality, abuse, and wrongful imprisonment. The NY Daily News' statistics are glaring and change needs to be made to protect innocent people from death at the hands of police officers throughout our country. The growing number of protestors in NY and Washington D.C. from blacks, whites, and Latinos I believe is an indication that many in society have lost faith in our justice system, where police officers seem to get different treatment in the grand jury process than regular citizens."

In another case, according to NY Daily News, "former NYPD Officer Bryan Conroy was convicted in 2005 of criminally negligent homicide for gunning down West African immigrant Ousmane Zongo, 43, during a counterfeit goods raid at a Chelsea warehouse two years earlier." Conroy shot Zongo four times, and he was sentenced to five years of probation and 500 hours of community service. In the incident involving 22 year old African immigrant, Amadou Diallo, he was standing in his Bronx apartment building "when four anti-crime cops mistook him for a rape suspect." The police thought he was reaching for a gun when he went for his wallet; 41 bullets later, Diallo was dead. Other victims among those who have been killed are: Fermin Arzu, Mohamed Bah, Leonel Disla, Patrick Dorismond, Eddie Fernandez, Shereese Francis, Ramarley Graham, Kimani Gray, Ronald Herrera, Noel Polanco, Tamon Robinson, Timothy Stansbury, Jayson Tirado, and Shem Walker.

Legal-Bay is a public advocate for victims of police brutality and wrongful imprisonment. For more information on Legal-Bay's police brutality and wrongful imprisonment lawsuit funding programs, visit:

http://lawsuitssettlementfunding.com/wrongful-imprisonment.php

Here are just some of the other relative cases that Legal-Bay has funded recently and/or accepted applications on:

Wrongfully Imprisoned for murder for 15 years (2 Co-Defendants in New York (NY) who were sentenced to Attica Upstate NY Prison), Police Brutality Case in Detroit, Michigan where family member Suspect was shot and killed, Inmates subject to unsafe prison conditions and outside work crews who were seriously injured in Tennessee and Indiana (prison injury lawsuit funding cases), Women Prison Rape Cases and Sexual Misconduct by Correction Officers in Wisconsin, Police Brutality Case where a New York/New Jersey Port Authority Police Officer senselessly beat an innocent man in Manhattan, and Bronx, Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn, New York young men who were falsely arrested on Gun, Knife, and Weapon Charges who were then detained for years on Rikers Island, New York's City/County Jail.

Other cases that Legal-Bay's underwriting team will consider for lawsuit funding are listed below:

Violation of Civil Rights Claims and False Arrests, Illegal Search and Seizure Cases, Los Angeles, California or other State Police Brutality Cases during routine arrests, Prosecutorial Misconduct involving long term wrongful incarceration, and Prison Medical Malpractice Cases involving serious neglect of injuries. 

Legal-Bay's programs are non-recourse lawsuit cash advances, also known as case funding, which means you only repay the settlement advance if you win your case. None of the programs should be considered to be a lawsuit loan, lawsuit loans, settlement loans, settlement loan, pre-settlement loans, or a pre-settlement loan. To learn more about how Legal-Bay's funding process works, visit: http://lawsuitssettlementfunding.com/funding-process.php

If you, or a loved one, are in need of some financial support due to being a victim of "The System", feel free to call Legal-Bay on its toll free hotline at: 877.571.0405 where live agents are standing by 24 hours a day to assist you in this time of need. You may also apply online at: http://lawsuitssettlementfunding.com and an agent will respond to your request shortly. 

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