Incident
Date | Sep 28, 2020 |
Department | Buffalo Police Department |
Officers | John M. Davidson , Andrew T. Moffett , Mark D. Ambellan |
Address |
Strauss Street
Buffalo, NY |
Incident Description
Buffalo Police Officers John Davidson and Andrew Moffett were suspended for making false statements following a drug arrest. The statements formed the basis for the false arrest of Morgan Eaton on charges of possession of 30 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute. The alleged cocaine was his fiance's medicine. All field and laboratory tests on the pills proved that the pills were not cocaine.
Links
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Morgan Eaton v. The City of Buffalo et al
On March 8, 2020, MORGAN EATON, was forcibly and impermissibly stopped, detained, arrested, confined, verbally abused, emotionally abused, falsely and wrongfully imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted by Defendant THE CITY OF BUFFALO, its agents, servants, employees, including but not limited to the Defendants City of Buffalo Police Officer JOHN M DAVIDSON, (P3706/174211), City of Buffalo Police Officer ANDREW T MOFFETT (P3665), and John Does I-X and other police officers whose names are not presently known. - Erie County Supreme Court
Videos
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Morgan Eaton Arrest: Full Body Camera Videos Combined
Body camera footage of the wrongful arrest of Morgan Eaton. Eaton was wrongfully arrested by two Buffalo Police Officers back in March. - Bodycam