Brooklyn Woman Whose Half-Naked Arrest Was Captured on Video Last Year Sues City, NYPD Brendan O'Connor · 10/11/15 11:55AM Last summer, the NYPD dragged a half-naked Brooklyn woman out of her apartment in handcuffs. Now, the New York Daily News reports, Denise Stewart, 49, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the city and the police department.