The Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent governmental agency in New York that evaluates police conduct, has found that two of the officers involved in an April altercation with Atlanta Hawks forward Thabo Sefolosha exercised unlawful abuse of authority in both threatening to use force and arresting Sefolosha.
The arresting officers, however, were not found by the CCRB to have used physical force unlawfully.
The recommended punishment for officer JohnPaul Giacona is the loss of up to five days of vacation and for officer Richard Caster formalized training. New York City police commissioner William Bratton will determine the discipline.