Eight people are suing the Albany Police Department over a noise complaint call in May 2025 that led to multiple arrests and hospitalizations.
The lawsuit alleges that two APD officers—identified only as “Officer Fitzgerald” and “Officer Myers”— illegally arrested three cookout attendees and used “disproportionate and malicious” force against all eight. Other, unnamed police officers allegedly stood by without interfering.
The plaintiffs also alleged that the officers’ actions “appeared, at least in part, to be racially motivated.” In cellphone video posted to Facebook, the responding officers appear to be white…