Jasmine Campbell (Brooklyn, New York)
Jasmine Campbell (Brooklyn, New York)
Jasmine Campbell is a resident of Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York and a former student of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In January, 2018 she filed a lawsuit after New York Police Department Officer Javier Munoz after he allegedly asked Jasmine to expose her breasts and arrested her when she refused in February, 2014.
Education
Jasmine Campbell was a student at John Jay College of Criminal Justice.
As of January, 2018 she is planning to begin law school in Florida. She said she likely wants to practice criminal law to help people in similar situations.
In the Media
Allegations against the NYPD
In January, 2018 Jasmine Campbell filed a lawsuit for $2 million against the NYPD and Officer Javier Munoz after he allegedly asked Jasmine to expose her breasts and arrested her when she refused in February, 2014.
“He kept looking down at my chest.
He asked me, ‘Do you have anything underneath your shirt?’ I said, ‘No,’” Campbell told The New York Post on Thursday.
“I felt embarrassed.
He leaned in further and asked, ‘Do you want to show me something?’ He said that with a smirk on his face.”
“Now, all this sexual harassment is big news — but I have been telling the same story since 2014.
This is not something new to me,” she added.
Campbell, 25, didn’t include details of Munoz’ alleged misconduct when she filed a false-arrest suit in Brooklyn federal court in 2016, but publicly revealed it in a settlement-demand letter served on the city Law Department on Thursday.
The letter notes that Campbell’s “breast size is 36DD,” and includes a picture of the zip-front, long-sleeved white top she was wearing during the alleged incident.
According to the letter, Campbell was driving to get something to eat with a male friend when she was stopped by Munoz and another, unidentified cop.
Following her interaction with Munoz, Campbell was ordered out of the driver’s seat with her hands up, at which point the other cop allegedly asked her for a hug, which she refused.
The letter also says that unbeknown to Campbell, her friend was carrying some pot, and both of them were hauled off to the 75th Precinct after he admitted it.
But while the friend was released with a desk appearance ticket, Campbell was booked on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration and criminal possession of marijuana.
She was “put through the system” and released without bail following her arraignment, but all charges were later “dismissed on the merits,” the letter says.
“The arrest and prosecution of Ms. Campbell was a sham,” her lawyer Lawrence LaBrew said.
“She was arrested because she would not show Police Officer Munoz her breasts.”
In court papers, Munoz and the city have denied any wrongdoing, saying, “There was probable cause for [Campbell’s] arrest, detention, and subsequent prosecution.”
On January 4, 2018 the city offered to settle the case for $2,500, but Campbell rejected the offer, said her lawyer, Lawrence LaBrew.
“The arrest of Ms. Campbell was a sham and the city appears to condoning this conduct, based on their position,” he added.
“It’s a constant thing going on in New York with the cops that they’re just using their badges to, I guess, sexually harass women,” Campbell said.
“That’s why I’m so glad to be going to law school in Florida.
I don’t even want to live here anymore.”