NEW YORK — A notorious New York City police officer has been caught on camera pointing her gun at an unarmed man. <br /> <br />The latest complaint in a string of grievances against infamous Sergeant Diana Pichardo stems from an incident at the Marlboro Houses apartment building in Brooklyn on March 8 last year. <br /> <br />Police officers were fighting with some residents in a hallway when Pichardo arrived on the scene, the New York Daily News reported. <br /> <br />Hearing the commotion outside his door, resident David Rivera, 45, went into the hallway and filmed the incident on his cell phone. That’s when Pichardo pointed her department-issued gun at Rivera. <br /> <br />An angry Pichardo called Rivera a motherf***** and grabbed his phone, according to the New York Daily News. <br /> <br />Rivera was arrested on several felony charges and police searched his apartment without a warrant as his shocked girlfriend looked on. Unluckily for the cops, Rivera installs security systems for a living and had several CCTV cameras set up in his place, and was able to film the unlawful search. <br /> <br />Pichardo is a 13-year veteran of the force and known on the streets of Coney Island as “Pocahontas”, according to the New York Daily News. <br /> <br />She’s been named a defendant in 20 federal lawsuits, which have cost the city a combined total of $400,000 in settlement payments. <br /> <br />And now lawyers for Rivera plan to file a fresh lawsuit against her. <br /> <br />Rivera spent 43 hours in custody before he was released. Prosecutors declined to press charges and a complaint lodged by Rivera was upheld by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. <br /> <br />Pichardo faces disciplinary action and it remains to be seen how much this latest lawsuit against her is going to cost the city.
