About the Employment History & the Sexual Harassment of Tara Cable - #Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W - #Title VII

1. THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION (EEOC) WITHHOLD RECORDS ABOUT SEVERAL ASPECTS OF TARA CABLE’S WORKING CONDITIONS WITH THE VILLAGE OF SUFFERN (NEW YORK). BE WELL. TAKE CARE. KEEP YOURSELVES AT ARMS DISTANCE. # W (AACL) # MICHAEL A. AYELE # ANTI-RACIST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST # AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA ANALYST # ANTI-PROPAGANDA JOURNALIST

2. 131 M St, N. E., Fifth Floor Washington, D. C. 20507 Free: (833) 827-2920 ASL: (844) 234-5122 FAX: (202) 827-7545 Website: www.eeoc.gov U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Office of Legal Counsel October 13, 2022 VIA: waacl13@gmail.com Michael Ayele (aka) W ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES P.O. Box 20438 Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA 10013 Re: FOIA No.: 820-2022-013978 Complaint filed by Tara Cable Dear Mr. Ayele (aka) W: Your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received on 09/25/2022, is processed. Our search began on 10/5/2022. All agency records in creation as of 10/5/2022 are within the scope of EEOC’s search for responsive records. The paragraph(s) checked below apply. [X] Item numbers 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34 of your request are procedurally denied as [] it does not reasonably describe the records you wish disclosed, or [X] no records fitting the description of the records you seek disclosed exist or could be located after a thorough search, or [] the responsive records are already publicly available. See the comments below for further explanation. [X] Item number 1 of your request is granted. Item numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 24 are denied pursuant to the FOIA exemptions indicated at the end of this letter. The comments below explain the use of these exemptions in more detail. [X] I trust that the furnished information fully satisfies your request. If you need any further assistance or would like to discuss any aspect of your request, please do not hesitate to contact the FOIA Professional who processed your request or our FOIA Public Liaison (see contact information in above letterhead or under signature line). [X] You may contact the EEOC FOIA Public Liaison Michael L. Heise for further assistance or to discuss any aspect of your request. In addition, you may contact the Office of Government Information Services (OGIS) to inquire about the FOIA mediation services they offer. The contact information for OGIS is as follows: Office of Government Information Services, National Archives and Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road-OGIS, College Park, Maryland 20740- 6001, email at ogis@nara.gov; telephone at (202) 741-5770; toll free 1-877-684-6448; or facsimile at (202) 741-5769. The contact information for the FOIA Public Liaison is as follows: Michael L. Heise, EEOC FOIA Public Liaison, Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M. Street, N.E., Fifth Floor, Washington, D.C. 20507, email to FOIA@eeoc.gov, telephone at (202) 921-2542; or fax at (202) 827-7545. [X] If you are not satisfied with the response to this request, you may administratively appeal in writing. Your appeal must be postmarked or electronically transmitted in 90 days from receipt of this letter to the Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M

3. 820-2022-013978 Street, NE, 5NW02E, Washington, D.C. 20507, email to FOIA@eeoc.gov; online at https://eeoc.arkcase.com/foia/portal/login, or fax at (202) 827-7545. Your appeal will be governed by 29 C.F.R. § 1610.11. Sincerely, Michael L. Heise Assistant Legal Counsel | FOIA Division foia@eeoc.gov Applicable Sections of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b): Exemption(s) Used: [X] (b)(3)(A)(i) [X] § 706(b) [X] § 709(e) [X] § 107 of the ADA [X] § 207 of the GINA [] (b)(4) [] (b)(5) (b)(3)(A)(i) Exemption (b)(3)(A)(i) to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 52(b)(3)(A)(i) (2006), amended by OPEN FOIA Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111-83, 123 Stat. 2142, 2184, states that disclosure is not required for a matter specifically exempted from disclosure by statute if that statute: (A)(i) requires that the matters be withheld from the public in such a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue[.] Sections 706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-5(b), 2000e- 8(e)(1982), are part of such a statute. Section 706(b) provides that: Charges shall not be made public by the Commission . . . Nothing said or done during and as a part of [the Commission's informal endeavors at resolving charges of discrimination] may be made public . . . Section 709(e) of Title VII provides: It shall be unlawful for any officer of the Commission to make public in any manner whatever any information obtained by the Commission pursuant to its authority under this section [to investigate charges of discrimination and to require employers to maintain and submit records] prior to the institution of any proceeding under this title involving such information. Section 107 of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and § 207 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act adopt the procedures of sections 706 and 709 of Title VII. See EEOC v. Associated Dry Goods Co., 449 U.S. 590 (1981); Frito-Lay v. EEOC, 964 F. Supp. 236, 239-43 (W.D. Ky. 1997); American Centennial Insurance Co. v. EEOC, 722 F. Supp. 180 (D.N.J. 1989); and EEOC v. City of Milwaukee, 54 F. Supp. 2d 885, 893 (E.D. Wis. 1999). [] (b)(6) [] (b)(7)(A) [X] (b)(7)(C) [] (b)(7)(D) [] (b)(7)(E) [] (b)(7)(F) 2 | P a g e

4. 820-2022-013978 INFORMATION WITHHELD PURSUANT TO THE THIRD EXEMPTION TO THE FOIA:  Access to privileged charge information, if any exist: EEOC can neither confirm nor deny the existence, or non-existence, of any Title VII, ADA, and/or GINA, charges filed by an individual against an entity to which you are not, or do not represent, a party to the charge. Exemption (b)(7)(C) to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(7)(C) (2006), amended by OPEN Government Act of 2007, Pub. L. No. 110-175, 121 Stat. 2524, authorizes the Commission to withhold: records or information compiled for law enforcement purposes, but only to the extent that the production of such law enforcement records or information . . . could reasonably be expected to constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy . . . The seventh exemption applies to civil and criminal investigations conducted by regulatory agencies. Abraham & Rose, P.L.C. v. United States, 138 F.3d 1075, 1083 (6th Cir. 1998). Release of statements and identities of witnesses and subjects of an investigation creates the potential for witness intimidation that could deter their cooperation. National Labor Relations Board v. Robbins Tire and Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214, 239 (1978); Manna v. United States Dept. of Justice, 51 F.3d 1158,1164 (3d Cir. 1995). Disclosure of identities of employee-witnesses could cause “problems at their jobs and with their livelihoods.” L&C Marine Transport, Ltd. V. United States, 740 F.2d 919, 923 (11th Cir. 1984). The Supreme Court has explained that only “[o]fficial information that sheds light on an agency’s performance of its statutory duties” merits disclosure under FOIA and noted that “disclosure of information about private citizens that is accumulated in various governmental files” would “reveal little or nothing about an agency’s own conduct.” United States Dep’t of Justice v. Reporters Comm. For Freedom of the Press, 489 U.S. 749, 773 (1989). INFORMATION WITHHELD PURSUANT TO EXEMPTION (b)(7)(C) TO THE FOIA:  Access to charge files to which you are not a party could reasonably be expected to constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy, should such records exist. COMMENTS This is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), request. Request item 1 is granted. That request was: 1. The formal/informal ties that exist between your office, the Village of Suffern (New York), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). See Village of Suffern’s public website at the following link: https://suffernny.gov/ See United States District Court for the Southern District of New York public website at the following link: https://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/ EEOC provides leadership and guidance to federal agencies on all aspects of the federal government's equal employment opportunity program. The requested information is already available online, via EEOC’s public website. See the following link: https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector. Request items 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 are denied because no records exist within EEOC. Those requests are: 3 | P a g e

5. 820-2022-013978 2. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a Caucasian woman, who secured a position of employment with the Village of Suffern (New York) in the summer of 2018. 3. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was employed as a part-time police officer for the Village of Suffern (New York) in the summer of 2018. 7. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was in the early fall of 2020 “promoted to the position of full-time police officer” (in the Village of Suffern, New York) after she reported the inappropriate behavior of William Osborn (in June 2020). 9. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not (and possibly is still) subject of inappropriate conversations in the Village of Suffern, New York. 10. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not (and possibly is still) subject of inappropriate conversations in her absence. 11. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who really needs to watch her 6 (six) o’clock. 20. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to settle the complaint she has filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the amount of $475,000 (four hundred and seventy-five thousand) U.S dollars instead of going to trial. 21. Your discussions about the manner in which U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) chose to cover the settlement agreement conclude between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York. 22. Your discussions about the decision of U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) to cover the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York by excluding from their news reporting her legal options pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act. 23. Your discussions about U.S.A Today affiliate Lohud as a news journal that reported on the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York in a manner that was very far from being diligent, fair, impartial, neutral, objective and unbiased. 25. The formal/informal opinions held by your local/state/federal government upon learning that a local government has opted to pay $475,000 U.S dollars after a local government employee filed a complaint in court describing the chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic and sexist behavior she has gone through. 26. The formal/informal opinions held by your local/state/federal government upon learning that a local government has opted to pay $475,000 U.S dollars after a local government employee filed a complaint in court describing the sexual harassment she has experienced. 27. The extent of your knowledge about the total number of police officers employed in the Village of Suffern, New York on the bases on gender and racial background. 28. The extent of your knowledge about the total number of police/sheriff officers employed in your city/county/village government on the bases of gender and racial background. 29. The liability insurance taken out by the Village of Suffern, New York in the event an employee experiences chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny, sexism, racism and sexual harassment at the workplace. 30. The liability insurance taken out by your local/state government in the event an employee of your local/state government experiences chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny, sexism and racism at the workplace. 31. The liability insurance taken out by the EEOC in the event a complaint is filed against them with the courts for their processing of a charge of employment discrimination filed pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights. 4 | P a g e

6. 820-2022-013978 32. The extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversations about the Holy Bible. 33. The extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversation about the verse in Deuteronomy 27:19, which states: “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow;” 34. The extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversations about the verse in Leviticus 19:34, which states: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” Request items 4, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 24 are denied pursuant to FOIA exemptions 3 and 7.See 5 U.S.C. §§ 552(b)(3)(A)(i) and (b)(7)(C). Those requests are: 4. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not sexually harassed when she was previously employed as a police officer for the Village of Suffern (New York). 5. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not sexually harassed by a fellow police officer working in the Village of Suffern (New York): William Osborn. 6. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who endured two years of ongoing sexual harassment (since the beginning of her employment) before she reported the inappropriate behavior of William Osborn (in June 2020). 8. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was promoted to the position of full-time police officer (in the Village of Suffern, New York) without having been shown a file maintained by William Osborn, where he falsely and maliciously alleged instances of improper conduct and poor performance by Tara Cable. 12. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not subject of chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic and sexist behaviors when she was employed for the Village of Suffern (New York). 13. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who experienced emotional distress because of her employment for the Village of Suffern (New York). 14. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted not to contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the purpose of filing a charge of discrimination against the Village of Suffern, New York. 15. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has not filed a charge of employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was subjected to chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic, and sexist behavior at the time she was employed for the Village of Suffern, New York. 16. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has not filed a charge of employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was sexually harassed at the time she was employed for the Village of Suffern, New York. 17. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and seeking their legal representation pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act. 18. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and waiting for them to refer her charge to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) if they were not going to legally represent her in court pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act. 5 | P a g e

7. 820-2022-013978 19. Your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and waiting for a “Right to Sue” letter. 24. The extent of your knowledge on whether the Village of Suffern, New York initiated contact with the EEOC to inform them that they’ve settled the complaint filed by Tara Cable for the amount of $475,000 U.S dollars. The confidentiality provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the ADA, and GINA prohibit the EEOC from confirming or denying the existence, or nonexistence, of a charge brought by an individual to a third party of the charge. The third exemption to the FOIA exempts this information from disclosure. The seventh exemption to the FOIA permits the agency to withhold information compiled in investigative files where disclosure of such information could result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. In this instance, we cannot grant access to, or copies of, any ADEA and EPA charges. 29 C.F.R. § 1610.17(g). For a full description of the exemption codes used please find them at the following URL: https://www.eeoc.gov/foia/freedom-information-act-reference-guide This response was prepared by Tracy L. Smalls, Government Information Specialist, who may be reached at Tracy.Smalls@EEOC.Gov or 202-921-2541. 6 | P a g e

8. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 W (AACL) Michael A. Ayele P.O.Box 20438 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia E-mail: waacl13@gmail.com ; waacl1313@gmail.com ; waacl42913@gmail.com Request for Records Hello, This is Michael A. Ayele sending this message though I now go by W. You may call me W. I am writing this letter to file a request for records with your office.i The basis for this records request is the complaint filed by legal representatives of Tara Cable against the Village of Suffern (New York) in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The complaint filed by Tara Cable has been assigned Case Number 7:21-cv-08793 – PMH. I) Records Requested What I am requesting for prompt disclosure are records in your possession detailing [1] the formal/informal ties that exist between your office, the Village of Suffern (New York), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); [2] your discussions about Tara Cable as a Caucasian woman, who secured a position of employment with the Village of Suffern (New York) in the summer of 2018; [3] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was employed as a part-time police officer for the Village of Suffern (New York) in the summer of 2018; [4] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not sexually harassed when she was previously employed as a police officer for the Village of Suffern (New York); [5] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not sexually harassed by a fellow police officer working in the Village of Suffern (New York): William Osborn; [6] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who endured two years of ongoing sexual harassment (since the beginning of her employment) before she reported the inappropriate behavior of William Osborn (in June 2020); [7] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was in the early fall of 2020 “promoted to the position of full-time police officer” (in the Village of Suffern, New York) after she reported the inappropriate behavior of William Osborn (in June 2020); [8] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was promoted to the position of full-time police officer (in the Village of Suffern, New York) without having been shown a file maintained by William Osborn, where he falsely and maliciously alleged instances of improper conduct and poor performance by Tara Cable; ii [9] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not (and possibly is still) subject of inappropriate conversations in the Village of Suffern, New York; [10] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not (and possibly is still) subject of inappropriate conversations in her absence; [11] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who really needs to watch her 6 (six) o’clock;iii [12] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who was more likely than not subject of chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic and sexist behaviors when she was employed for the Village of Suffern (New York); [13] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who experienced emotional distress because of her employment Date.: September 25th 2022 W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 1

9. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 for the Village of Suffern (New York);iv [14] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted not to contact the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the purpose of filing a charge of discrimination against the Village of Suffern, New York; [15] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has not filed a charge of employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was subjected to chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic, and sexist behavior at the time she was employed for the Village of Suffern, New York; [16] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has not filed a charge of employment discrimination pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was sexually harassed at the time she was employed for the Village of Suffern, New York; [17] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and seeking their legal representation pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act; [18] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and waiting for them to refer her charge to the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) if they were not going to legally represent her in court pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act; [19] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to file a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on October 28th 2021 instead of filing a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC and waiting for a “Right to Sue” letter; [20] your discussions about Tara Cable as a woman, who has opted to settle the complaint she has filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the amount of $475,000 (four hundred and seventy five thousand) U.S dollars instead of going to trial;v [21] your discussions about the manner in which U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) chose to cover the settlement agreement conclude between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York; [22] your discussions about the decision of U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) to cover the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York by excluding from their news reporting her legal options pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act; [23] your discussions about U.S.A Today affiliate Lohud as a news journal that reported on the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York in a manner that was very far from being diligent, fair, impartial, neutral, objective and unbiased; vi [24] the extent of your knowledge on whether the Village of Suffern, New York initiated contact with the EEOC to inform them that they’ve settled the complaint filed by Tara Cable for the amount of $475,000 U.S dollars; [25] the formal/informal opinions held by your local/state/federal government upon learning that a local government has opted to pay $475,000 U.S dollars after a local government employee filed a complaint in court describing the chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic and sexist behavior she has gone through; [26] the formal/informal opinions held by your local/state/federal government upon learning that a local government has opted to pay $475,000 U.S dollars after a local government employee filed a complaint in court describing the sexual harassment she has experienced; [27] the extent of your knowledge about the total number of police officers employed in the Village of Suffern, New York on the bases on gender and racial background; [28] the extent of your knowledge about the total number of police/sheriff officers employed in your city/county/village government on the bases of gender and racial background; [29] the liability insurance taken out by the Village of Suffern, New York in the event an employee experiences chauvinism, W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 2

10. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 discrimination, misogyny, sexism, racism and sexual harassment at the workplace; [30] the liability insurance taken out by your local/state government in the event an employee of your local/state government experiences chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny, sexism and racism at the workplace; [31] the liability insurance taken out by the EEOC in the event a complaint is filed against them with the courts for their processing of a charge of employment discrimination filed pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights; [32] the extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversations about the Holy Bible; [33] the extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversation about the verse in Deuteronomy 27:19, which states: “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow;”vii [34] the extent of your knowledge on whether employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversations about the verse in Leviticus 19:34, which states: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt.” viii II) Request for a Fee Waiver and Expedited Processing The requested records do/will demonstrate that [1] Tara Cable is a Caucasian woman, who began working for the Village of Suffern (New York) as a part-time police officer in the summer of 2018; [2] Tara Cable is a woman, who was sexually harassed for two consecutive years before she filed an internal complaint (in June 2020) against the individual who was frequently bothering her: William Osborn; [3] Tara Cable is a woman, who was “promoted to the position of full-time police officer” (in the village of Suffern, New York) after she had filed an internal complaint of sexual harassment against William Osborn; [4] Tara Cable is a woman, who was not made aware of many unflattering reports written about her by William Osborn at the time she was “promoted to the position of full-time police officer;” [5] Tara Cable is a woman, who was more likely than not subject of inappropriate discussions within the Suffern Police Department; [6] Tara Cable is a woman, who was more likely than not maliciously excluded from taking part in conversations that were of concern to her when she was employed for the Village of Suffern, New York; [7] there were malicious efforts to control the narrative of Tara Cable employment within the Suffern Police Department; [8] there were malicious efforts to control the narrative of Tara Cable personal life within the Suffern Police Department; [9] Tara Cable is a woman, who really needs to watch her back; [10] Tara Cable is a woman, who has opted not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for the purpose of obtaining from them (i) free legal representation in court pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act, (ii) a referral of her case to the Office of the Attorney General, (iii) a “Right to Sue” letter; [11] Tara Cable is a woman, who has opted not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC even though she was subjected to chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny and sexism during her employment with the Village of Suffern Police Department; [12] Tara Cable is a woman, who has opted not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC even though she was sexually harassed for two years between 2018 and 2020 during her employment for the Village of Suffern Police Department; [13] Tara Cable is a woman, who has ultimately decided to file a complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York without ever initiating contact with W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 3

11. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 the EEOC; [14] Tara Cable is a woman, who has settled the complaint she had filed with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York for the amount of $475,000 U.S dollars; [15] the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York has recently been subject of a very peculiar article published on U.S.A Today; [16] the U.S.A Today article published about the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern (New York) was not diligent, fair, impartial, neutral, objective and unbiased; [17] U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) has chosen to cover the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York by excluding from their reporting the reasons why Tara Cable opted not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC even after having been subjected to chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny and sexism; [18] U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) has chosen to cover the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York by excluding from their reporting the reasons why Tara Cable opted not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC even after being sexually harassed; [19] U.S.A Today (affiliate Lohud) has chosen to cover the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York by excluding from their reporting the many reasons why Tara Cable needs to watch her back given what has previously happened to Adrian Schoolcraft with the New York Police Department (NYPD) in 2009; [20] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who (i) has previously been to the State of New York, (ii) is familiar with the State of New York, (iii) believes that his date of birth (DOB) has been a matter of public records with the State of New York since at least September/October 2014; [21] Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who was in 2013 employed for the Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH): a state government agency; [22] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who has in 2013 filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC against his former employers: the MODMH; [23] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who has in 2013 decided to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC because his work-experience in Missouri state government mirrored to a certain extent what Tara Cable and Adrian Schoolcraft have gone through; [24] the charge of employment discrimination filed by Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W with the EEOC toward the end of Calendar Year 2013 has been assigned Case No.: 28E-2014- 00485C; [25] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who has in the recent past corresponded with his former employers about the demographics of the MODMH; [26] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who is very much unhappy with the way that the EEOC have processed Charge No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C; [27] Michael Ayele (a.k.a) W is a Black man, who has advised the EEOC to review the language they have used to justify their processing of Charge No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C; [28] Charge No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C is a not a good reflection of the EEOC institutional integrity.ix In my judgment, the facts presented in this request for a fee waiver and expedited processing are not the sort to bolster public confidence in the activities of the U.S government overall. As a Black man with a U.S college degree (who has previously filed a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC), I would like to take this opportunity to denounce [1] violence committed against women irrespective of their racial backgrounds, their sexual orientations, their W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 4

12. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 national origins, their religious affiliations, their disability status and/or their employment history (in law enforcement or elsewhere); [2] the chauvinism, the discrimination, the misogyny and the sexism experienced by Tara Cable in her employment with the Village of Suffern, New York; [3] the sexual harassment experienced by Tara Cable in her employment with the Village of Suffern, New York; [4] the malicious efforts exerted by the Village of Suffern, New York to control the narrative of Tara Cable employment history with their police department; [5] the malicious efforts exerted by the Village of Suffern, New York to control the personal life of Tara Cable; [6] the malicious efforts exerted by USA Today to control the narrative of the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern, New York. As a Black man with a U.S college degree, I would also like to take this opportunity to call upon the respect of affirmative and effective consent in police/sheriff departments and elsewhere. NO MEANS NO. KEEP YOURSELVES AT ARMS DISTANCE UPON BEING TOLD “NO.” The core issues presented in this records request are as follows. 1) What formal/informal ties exist between your office, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and the Village of Suffern, New York? 2) Have you had conversations about the decision of Tara Cable not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was subjected to chauvinism, discrimination, misogyny and sexism? Have you had conversations about the decision of Tara Cable not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act even though she was sexually harassed for a period of two years between 2018 and 2020? If yes, will you disclose those records? 3) Have you had conversations about the decision of U.S.A Today not to cover in their reporting of the settlement agreement concluded between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern (New York), the decision of Tara Cable not to file a charge of discrimination with the EEOC pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act? Have you had conversations about the decision of U.S.A Today not to cover in their reporting of the complaint filed by Tara Cable (with the United States District Court for the District of New York), the decision of Tara Cable not to file a charge of employment discrimination with the EEOC? If yes, will you disclose those records? 4) What is the formal/informal opinion of your local/state/federal government in circumstances, where a local government employee files a complaint with the courts and afterward settles the case for the amount of $475,000 U.S dollars before trial? To the extent of your knowledge, have the Village of Suffern, New York contacted the EEOC in good-faith to inform them that they have settled the complaint filed by Tara Cable for the amount of $475,000 U.S dollars? If yes, will you disclose those records? 5) Is your local/state government under legal obligations to contact the EEOC if an employee files a complaint in court for chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic, racist and sexist practices? Does your local/state government have a liability insurance for the event an employee is subjected to chauvinistic, discriminatory, misogynistic, racist and sexist practices? To the extent of your knowledge, does the EEOC have a liability insurance in the event a person files a complaint against them in a court of law for their processing of a charge of discrimination (filed pursuant to Title VII of the 1964 and 1991 Civil Rights Act)? If yes, will you disclose those W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 5

13. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 records? 6) To the extent of your knowledge, have employees of your local/state/federal government ever held conversations about the Holy Bible? If yes, have they had conversations about the verse in Deuteronomy 27:19, which states as follows: “Cursed is anyone who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow?” Have employees of your local/state/federal government ever held discussions about the verse in Leviticus 19:34, which states as follows: “The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt?” This records request should be expedited because it puts into question the government’s integrity about the way that people are treated in the U.S.A on account of their gender, their racial backgrounds, their national origins and their disability status. My request for a fee waiver should be granted because [1] I have identified operations and activities of the federal government in concert with U.S local/state government; [2] the issues presented are meaningfully informative about government operations or activities in order to be ‘likely to contribute’ to and increase public understanding of those operations or activities. Under penalty of perjury, I hereby declare all the statements I have made to be true and accurate. Be well. Take care. Keep yourselves at arms distance. W (AACL) Michael A. Ayele Anti-Racist Human Rights Activist Audio-Visual Media Analyst Anti-Propaganda Journalist W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 6

14. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 Work Cited iPlease be advised that I have previously disseminated a vast number of documents obtained through records request via Archive.org, Scribd.com, Medium.com and YouTube.com. These documents have been made available to the public at no financial expense to them. As a member of the media, I would like to take this opportunity to inform you that the records you disclose to me could be made available to the general public through the means I have mentioned above or other ones. On December 10th 2021, I have launched a website on Wordpress.com for the purpose of making the records previously disclosed to me by the U.S government further accessible to members of the general public interested in the activities of their elected and non- elected representatives. You can find out more about the recent publications of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) here.: https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/ iiPlaintiff Tara Cable is a female. (…) Defendant Village appointed plaintiff as a part-time police officer in the summer of 2018. At the time of her appointment, Clarke Osborn served as Police Chief. (…) The Police Chief’s son, William Osborn, then worked as a full-time probationary police officer for the Village of Suffern. (…) During the first two years of plaintiff’s employment, William Osborn engaged in an ongoing course of sexual harassing behavior, sending her inappropriate photos, touching her repeatedly in an unwanted manner, and presenting himself in public situations as plaintiff’s personal partner. (…) Though plaintiff made clear her lack of interest in having a personal relationship with him, William Osborn persisted in pursuing her and making her uncomfortable at the workplace. (…) In June 2020, plaintiff told Lt. John Mallon that William Osborn had sent her inappropriate photos and that she was uncomfortable with his constant flirty, clingy behavior and unwanted touching. (…) Defendants did not discipline William Osborn for his course of sexual harassment of plaintiff, failed to conduct a good faith investigation to confirm that he engaged in relentless sexual harassment of plaintiff and placed nothing in his personnel file about behavior, including the sending of explicit photos to plaintiff or otherwise sexually harassing her. (…) In the early fall 2020 defendant Village promoted plaintiff to the position of full-time police officer. (…) This promotion followed plaintiff’s revealing that William Osborn had sent her illicit photos without her consent. (…) By the time of this promotion, plaintiff had not been advised that the defendant maintained a file showing numerous alleged instances of improper conduct and poor performance by her. Indeed, the history revealed in plaintiff’s later revealed personnel file is incompatible with defendant’s promoting plaintiff to the position of full-time police officer and shows that defendant gave plaintiff this promotion to silence her complaints about the sexual harassment engaged in by defendant Osborn’s son. (…) Following her promotion, plaintiff was required to serve a probationary period as a full-time police officer. Tara Cable v Village of Suffern. Case 7:21-cv- 08793. Document Cloud.: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21097128-suffern-pd- tara-cable-federal-lawsuit-2021 W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 7

15. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 iiiLast Halloween, three weeks after he made allegations of misconduct in Brooklyn’s 81st Precinct, Adrian Schoolcraft’s career in the New York City Police Department ended in rather spectacular fashion. On October 7, Schoolcraft had sat for three hours with an inspector, a lieutenant, and three sergeants with the Quality Assistance Division—the NYPD unit that monitors the accuracy of police reports—as they questioned him about his allegations that precinct bosses had refused to take criminal complaints and had downgraded crimes. They told him they would launch a substantial investigation. After the meeting, Schoolcraft went about his normal work as a member of the 81st Precinct. Then, on the afternoon of October 31, he felt sick and went home about an hour early. Precinct supervisors appeared at his door hours later, claiming he had violated policy and demanding that he return to work. One of his visitors was a deputy chief, who upbraided him while sitting on the edge of his bed. On orders from that deputy chief, Schoolcraft was then thrown to the floor, handcuffed, dragged from his Queens apartment, and taken against his will to a psychiatric ward at Jamaica Hospital. His forced hospitalization lasted six days. Police officers also removed papers from his home that documented his concerns about NYPD operations. Jamaica Hospital officials charged him $7,000 for his stay—and another $86 to obtain his own medical records. (…) Schoolcraft (…) had his digital recorder rolling as his superior officers threw him to the ground and hauled him off to the mental ward. Those recordings reveal that he was rational throughout the encounter, and refused medical assistance that was then forced on him. In addition, hospital records show that the medical staff was misled by an NYPD sergeant about the events of that day, causing doctors to treat him as a psychiatric patient. Like the previous recordings the Voice has made public, these tapes suggest that Adrian Schoolcraft is an ordinary cop who got caught on the wrong side of department politics, tried to report corruption, and paid for it with his career. Despite repeatedly reporting what he saw as misconduct to a duty captain, a district surgeon, an NYPD psychologist, three Internal Affairs officers, and five department crime statistics auditors, nothing has come of these efforts. The NYPD won’t tell the Voice what Schoolcraft’s current employment status is, but they do have the resources to continue sending officers to Schoolcraft’s upstate home to bang on his door. Schoolcraft didn’t just materialize in the 81st Precinct with a digital tape recorder in his pocket. The 34-year-old registered Republican was born in Texas, the son of a Dallas cop and a bank official. After graduating from a suburban high school in 1993, he joined the U.S. Navy as a corpsman. He served his active duty in Japan on the USS Blue Ridge: “I was basically a paramedic on the ship,” he says. “Guys would get their eyes poked out, get hit with stuff falling from the ceiling, fall down the stairs— broken legs, broken backs. It was dangerous work.” After four years in the Navy, Schoolcraft returned home in the summer of 1997 with an honorable discharge. He worked at a Wal-Mart for two months, and then landed a job with Motorola. After three years, he learned that his mother had cancer, and moved home to a small town in Upstate New York, where his parents had retired. He would drive his mom to her chemotherapy appointments an hour away in Albany. (She passed away in 2003.) In 2002, he applied to be a police officer, motivated by his mother’s wishes and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In 2003, the rookie cop was sent to the 75th Precinct in East New York, Brooklyn, for Operation Impact, a program that assigns young officers to high-crime areas to augment the precinct force. The precinct commander at the time was Michael Marino, who would become Deputy Chief in Brooklyn North and have a major W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 8

16. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 impact on Schoolcraft’s career seven years later. Training was limited: “We had a field training sergeant, but all he would do is sign your memo book once a day and tell you your post,” Schoolcraft says. After eight months at the 75th Precinct, Schoolcraft was assigned to the 81st Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Famed NYPD whistleblower Frank Serpico, ironically, spent the first several years of his career in the 81st Precinct. He was aided by Detective Lieutenant David Durk, who became an important figure in the Schoolcraft story in the late summer of 2009. Over the first six years of his career, Schoolcraft worked patrol and made more than 80 arrests. Though he has an occasional beer, he doesn’t keep any alcohol in his home. And at the 81st Precinct, he was puzzled about why cops would end every shift with beery night at a Queens pub: “They go to a bar and start talking about the job,” he says. “That’s the last thing I wanted to do. I’d rather go to putt-putt golf than sit on a fucking bar stool.” Schoolcraft became known in the precinct for rescuing more than a dozen abandoned pets from the streets of Bed-Stuy. He saved dogs that were starving, dogs with bleeding paws, and dogs left tied to fences. Over time, he began raising substantive concerns inside the precinct. He wrote, for example, a report to the precinct commander about the constant overtime. “You had officers working 20 hours straight, day after day,” he says. “To me, that was a safety issue.” Meanwhile, he started to carry a digital tape recorder, initially to record street encounters that might result in civilian complaints. In October 2006, an ambitious captain named Steven Mauriello arrived at the precinct. Mauriello, later the precinct commander, was focused on making cops hit their productivity numbers, a philosophy that clashed with Schoolcraft’s views. “Be a cop, do your job,” Mauriello is heard saying on a tape from January 27, 2009. “You got a problem with how I roll? My style? Too fucking bad.” Schoolcraft believed more in a “community” model of policing: “You pull someone over for a seat-belt violation, they have their ID, all their papers, you don’t need togive them a ticket,” he says. “Just ‘warn and admonish.’ You don’t need to hammer the regular people.”He came to believe that the NYPD’s obsession with statistics was driving a wedge between police officers and the community: “Why not look at the quality of the service we’re providing?” he asks. Throughout 2008 and into early 2009, Schoolcraft was assigned to a solo footpost at 120 Chauncey Street, one of the more troubled buildings in the precinct. Residents of the complex recently told the Voice that Schoolcraft was the only cop they really knew, because he actually tried to engage them in real conversations. Increasingly, however, Schoolcraft’s superiors were starting to question his dedication to the by-the-numbers program that was becoming an obsession at the NYPD. On January 13, 2009, Schoolcraft met with Lieutenant Rafael Mascol, who told him to pick up his activity, or his shift would be changed. On January 29, he received a poor work evaluation, which he appealed. The following day, a flier appeared on his locker, which read, “If you don’t like your job, maybe you should get another job.”Schoolcraft decided not to complain: “I could have called Internal Affairs and made a big stink, but I didn’t want to take it outside the precinct,” he says. On February 20, Schoolcraft met with Mascol again, and secretly taped the conversation. On the recording, Mascol makes a series of unguarded remarks about how the NYPD rates officers. On a ranking system of 1 to 5, Mascol says that no one ever gets a 5, or even a 4.5: “Most police officers are just basically meeting standards,” he says. “They are W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 9

17. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 basically doing what they’re told to do. Very few police officers are actually going above and beyond the recommended minimum of accomplishment, you know?’ Mascol describes the NYPD evaluation system as a popularity contest. “Unfortunately, if we like you, you get a certain thing,” he says. “If we don’t like you, you get a certain thing, as opposed to what the performance standards of the—uh, you know—what the department requires. I have no time to change the entire department mind, unfortunately.” Mascol told Schoolcraft to raise his numbers. But Schoolcraft was convinced that precinct supervisors wanted him out. He had already started documenting what he saw as retaliation in his activity book. “I was appealing the evaluation,” he says. “No one was talking to me. Cops were getting flack for ‘unnecessary conversation.’ They are writing me up. They were building a paper trail.” On March 16, 2009, Schoolcraft left his footpost and walked into a bodega at Bainbridge Street and Reid Avenue to find a bathroom. Lieutenant Timothy Caughey arrived and wrote up Schoolcraft for not marking in his memo book that he was leaving his post. He also confiscated the memo book itself. Schoolcraft was taken to the precinct and met with the duty captain, Theodore Lauterborn, who told him he was under “performance monitoring” because his numbers weren’t high enough. At one point in the discussion, which Schoolcraft taped, Lauterborn says that Mauriello is a “fanatic” about police officers’ activity. Lauterborn also says that Caughey is making a copy of the memo book, with all his sensitive notes inside it. He also implies that Schoolcraft will be transferred if he doesn’t increase his activity. Schoolcraft promises to work harder, but says he won’t fake summonses and stop-and-frisk reports the way, he claimed, others were doing to keep up with the quota demand. Lauterborn denies that such fakery is going on. Later, another officer tells Schoolcraft that a precinct sergeant was looking for a way to force him out on psychiatric grounds. On April 3, Schoolcraft called in sick with chest pains and an upset stomach. The following day, April 4, an NYPD doctor gave him the rest of the week off. Two days later, he visited an NYPD district surgeon and, during the examination, repeated some of his allegations about the precinct. The surgeon sent him to speak with a department psychologist, Catherine Lamstein, on April 13, 2009. Once again, Schoolcraft listed his allegations about what was happening in the precinct. “She was told about the robbery complaints, the training, the overtime, no days off,” he says. Lamstein left the room to speak with a supervisor. When she returned, she said she was ordering Schoolcraft to turn in his gun and his shield because he was having chest pains. “She says, ‘This is normal. We do this all the time because of chest pains,’ ” he says. Two officers drove Schoolcraft to the precinct and then to his home to collect two firearms and his shield. He would now be assigned to desk duty in the precinct and ordered to man the telephone switchboard. In June, Schoolcraft hit on the idea to write “A Patrolman’s Report to the Commissioner,” about what he had observed in the precinct—he got the idea from Target Blue, a book about corruption in the NYPD in the early 1970s. The document would contain the problems that he observed, transcriptions from his tapes to back them up, and a list of recommendations. He intended to send it to Commissioner Ray Kelly. On July 27, 2009, Schoolcraft met again with NYPD psychologist Lamstein, who told him that he had “anger issues.” He responded that he was disappointed with the department, but wasn’t angry.That summer, Schoolcraft’s father contacted retired Detective Lieutenant David Durk, famed for helping Frank Serpico report corruption in the NYPD. He asked Durk for advice on how his son should deal with the W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 10

18. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 disciplinary case and get his concerns aired within the department. Durk spoke with Schoolcraft on August 18, and told him that he should record everything in order to build his case. “He told me that without audio or video, my statement wouldn’t mean crap,” Schoolcraft says. Durk also pledged to call a captain at Internal Affairs named Brandon Del Pozo. Two days later, on August 20, Schoolcraft reported to the Internal Affairs Bureau that two precinct supervisors had entered a locked file room and removed records of civilian complaints from the personnel file of one of the supervisors. A month later, Lieutenant Caughey posted a memorandum in the precinct that said that all Internal Affairs inquiries should be brought to him first. Durk, meanwhile, did call Del Pozo. It was only after that that the department reacted. Internal Affairs spoke with Schoolcraft in early September. His allegations were evidently referred to the Quality Assurance Division (QAD), which audits crime statistics. QAD summoned Schoolcraft to the October 7 meeting. The result: On October 27, a Brooklyn North sergeant told Schoolcraft he was on “forced monitoring.”Then, at the start of a shift on October 31, Schoolcraft’s memo book was confiscated again. This time, Caughey took it away for three hours and locked himself in an office with a copy machine. When he finally came out, he returned the memo book and called Schoolcraft’s sergeant, Rasheena Huffman, into his office.“She comes out cold as ice,” Schoolcraft says. “A lot of the negative stuff, the stuff on the tapes, is in the memo book. And now they have copies of it.” At around 2:45 p.m., less than an hour until the end of his shift, Schoolcraft was feeling ill, and, at the same time, he felt that Caughey was menacing him, so he decided to go home sick. He filled out a slip and presented it to Huffman, who was on her personal cell phone. He says she approved his early departure. After Schoolcraft got home, he called Internal Affairs about Caughey’s behavior. At around 4:30 p.m., he took a swig of Nyquil, and settled down for a nap. At around 6 p.m., his father called him and told him to look out the window. Police lights were flashing in the street, but he hadn’t heard any knocks or buzzes at his door. He checked his phone. There was a message from Sergeant Huffman, saying she had denied his sick report and that he needed to return to the station immediately. He kept his father on the phone. After 9 p.m., he heard someone coming up the stairs. His father advised him to pretend he was asleep. A number of police supervisors entered the apartment with a key they obtained from the landlord. They had told the landlord that Schoolcraft was suicidal. “Once they came in and saw I wasn’t in danger, they should have left,” he says. “I was fine, and we could deal with the sick report later. But they start going through my shit. I’m thinking,‘What the fuck is going on?’ “About a dozen NYPD supervisors piled into his small apartment. He was lying on his bed, wearing shorts and a T-shirt. He noticed someone with a video camera. On the audio recording that Schoolcraft made, Deputy Chief Michael Marino and precinct commander Mauriello accuse him of “just walking out of the precinct” and demand that he return. Lauterborn says, “Get your stuff on. We’re going back to the precinct.” Schoolcraft argues that his early departure was approved. Initially, he agrees to return, but then, after speaking to his father, changes his mind and tells the police he feels ill. A paramedic arrives and asks him what’s wrong. “I was just having stomach pains,” Schoolcraft says. “They’re embellishing this.” As the paramedics start to check his blood pressure, Marino is heard haranguing Schoolcraft: “Listen to me, I’m a chief in the New York City Police Department. So this is what’s going to happen, my friend. You’ve disobeyed an order. And the way you’re acting is not right.” “Chief, if you were woken up in your house . . .” Schoolcraft replies.“Stop right there!” Marino says. “. . . how would you behave?” Schoolcraft asks.“Stop right there, son. I’m doin’ the talkin’ right now. Not you,” Marino thunders.“In my apartment,” Schoolcraft says. “What is this, Russia?”“You are going to be suspended,” Marino says. The paramedic says that W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 11

19. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 Schoolcraft’s blood pressure is very high. He agrees to go to a hospital, thinking they would take him to his hospital in Forest Hills, Queens. He walks downstairs with the paramedics, but then he’s told he’s being taken to Jamaica Hospital.“I was willing to go to Forest Hills, but not Jamaica,” he says. “I turned around and said ‘I’m RMA,’ and I went back and lay on the bed.” In police parlance, “RMA” means “refusing medical attention,” the right of any citizen. When Lauterborn tells Schoolcraft he’s in trouble, he replies, “If I did something wrong, write me up.” It was then that Chief Marino lost his temper, according to the tape. “Listen to me, they are going to treat you like an EDP [emotionally disturbed person],” he says. “Now, you have a choice. You get up like a man and put your shoes on and walk into that bus, or they’re going to treat you as an EDP and that means handcuffs.” Schoolcraft tells the chief that he is the one pushing the confrontation. Marino then orders Schoolcraft placed in handcuffs. “All right, just take him,” he says. “I can’t fucking stand him anymore.” At that point, various officers grab him. “So they pulled me off the bed, stomping on me,” Schoolcraft says. “They had me all twisted up, hands all over me. Someone grabbed my hair. . . . Marino stepped on my face with his boot. That’s when he said it didn’t have to be like this. They basically beat the shit out of me.” Once Schoolcraft was cuffed, Marino sat on his bed. A sergeant found the tape recorder. Marino grabbed it and put in his pocket. Schoolcraft didn’t see that tape recorder again—but he had another one rolling that Marino did not find. Jamaica Hospital records obtained by the Voice indicate that police gave intentionally misleading information to the medical staff about Schoolcraft’s behavior that night, which caused them to treat him as a psychiatric patient. The records show that a sergeant from the 81st Precinct told Dr. Khin Marlwin that Schoolcraft had “left his work early after getting agitated and cursing his supervisor.” She also told Marlwin that police had “followed him home and he had barricaded himself, and the door had to be broken to get to him.” None of these statements are true. James also told doctors that Schoolcraft “initially agreed to go with them for evaluation, but once outside, he ran and had to be chased. . . .” This is also untrue, based on the tape recording, and the paramedics’ report, which says, “He turned around and stated he did not need help and walked away.” Jamaica Hospital spokesman Ole Peterson declined to comment on the Schoolcraft case, but he said, “We have to take the word of whoever is coming in with him, and make a decision based on what they tell us. If there is an issue, the issue is with the Police Department.” In the emergency room, Schoolcraft was cuffed to a gurney. When he asked for his cuffs to be loosened, a lieutenant told him, “I bet you wish now you had come back to the 81 like you were told.” Later, Schoolcraft asked for Internal Affairs. He was ignored. A sign above the nurses’ station read: “We are here to help you.” After 7 a.m. on Sunday morning, two new sergeants came in. They, too, ignored him when he asked for his cuffs to be loosened. The doctors and nurses ignored him as well. (Schoolcraft, meanwhile, had not been charged with a crime.) “They arrested me unlawfully. They detained me without a warrant,” he says. “I asked what my charges were. They said I was being ‘uncooperative.’ “ On Monday morning, 18 hours after he had been brought to the hospital, an Internal Affairs officer arrived and told Schoolcraft to contact him after he got out of the hospital. After six days of being held against his will, Schoolcraft was allowed to go home. He was provided with a discharge sheet that included the relatively benign and vague diagnosis of “anxiety.” After the hospital stay, he was suspended. He met with civil rights attorney Norman Siegel, and then left W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 12

20. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 the city for his father’s upstate home. A few weeks later, he received the bill from the hospital for $7,000. “The standard for involuntary commitment is imminent danger to himself or others,” Siegel says. “It’s suspect that those grounds existed here under mental health law. At a minimum, they violated his civil rights.” In December, the NYPD began sending supervisors to Schoolcraft’s home on a repeated basis. On December 2, a cop from the Johnstown Police Department knocked on his door, claiming he was there to check on him. The visits continued: On December 3, three sergeants sat outside his home for hours; on December 7, the local police came by; on December 11, there was repeated banging on the door while three Johnstown patrol cars were parked out front. “We didn’t answer because we wanted to avoid a confrontation,” Schoolcraft says. “There was a convention outside my door.” The NYPD also sent people on December 13, January 12, January 13, January 14, January 15, January 21, January 31, February 3, February 12, and June 8—a campaign the Schoolcrafts describe as harassment. Without a paycheck, money was becoming a problem. Ironically, Schoolcraft called the crime victims’ hotline to obtain some sort of financial relief, but he was rejected because he had no complaint number for the Halloween incident. After trying to report misconduct within the NYPD, Schoolcraft finally decided to go public. In early March, he handed over some of his tape recordings to the Voice, which has led to this series. The NYPD did not respond to Voice queries about his claims or his employment status. A phone call to Deputy Commissioner Julie Schwartz, head of the department advocate’s office, was not returned. For now, Schoolcraft plans to pursue a lawsuit against the city. He says he has also been interviewed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, which is suing the department over its stop-and-frisk policies. “Basically, I’m trying to recover my reputation here,” he says. “They assassinated my character in an effort to cover up what I was trying to report. I have no choice but to fight this battle.”NYPD Tapes 4: The WhistleBlower, Adrian Schoolcraft. The Voice.: https://www.villagevoice.com/2010/06/15/nypd-tapes-4-the-whistleblower-adrian-schoolcraft/ ivOn or about February 7, 2021, plaintiff received an employee appraisal which found her performance as a police officer satisfactory but noted that she had primarily worked as a part- time officer and needed more exposure to the job and the diversity of call types and assignments associated with the job. (…) Through the months of February-April 2021, plaintiff’s supervising Sgt., Giannettino, repeatedly counseled plaintiff, particularly criticizing for not enough UTTs. (…) However, neither this sergeant nor other supervise likewise chastised and wrote up male officers with similar ticket-writing records. (…) On April 12, 2021, Lt. Martinenz and defendant Loughlin met with plaintiff to discuss her performance and advised her that she needed to show consistent productivity throughout the month. (…) This meeting was highly irregular as plaintiff’s productivity was comparable to that of male officers who were brought to the chief’s office for such meetings. (…) At the same meeting, defendant Loughlin denied plaintiff’s request to attend specific training and told her she needed to first gain more experience by conducting DWI enforcement and assisting other officers when a DWI arrest is made. (…) Defendant Loughlin and Lt. Martinez told plaintiff that she could not wait for the department to send her to W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 13

21. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 training but needed to research materials on her own to assist her in becoming a well-rounded police officer. (…) These department leaders did not provide similar directives to male officers like Dunn, Roberts, DeLuca, Figueroa, Ortiz, York, Gulla, and Kiernan when they were completing their probationary periods and had like levels of activity. (…) At the same meeting, the Chief and Lt. told plaintiff that if her performance did not improve and meet the standards set the police department, then a future with the agency would not be possible. (…) At the time, the defendant had not advised plaintiff other probationary officers of its standards and the threats she received were unusual and not provided to male probationary officers with similar records of productivity and service time. (…) In mid-June 2021, on behalf of the Village, defendant Loughlin continued applying disparate standards to plaintiff, claiming that her number of traffic stops and UTTS issued was below expected levels. (…) By the time defendant Loughlin so evaluated plaintiff, neither he nor his predecessor, defendant Osborn, had promulgated any directive with the expected performance levels for police officers. (…) Following provision of plaintiff’s mid-June 2021 performance appraisal, defendant Loughlin continued to micro- manage her performance and productivity. On July 11, 2021, at the instance of defendant Loughlin, Sgt. David Figueroa told plaintiff that he would be monitoring her level of activity to see if there was any improvement and that continued lack of activity would lead to disciplinary action. (…) Such repeated threats on her job were unusual and not made to male officers with similar levels of productivity. (…) Such repetitive threats to her job caused plaintiff emotional distress as she knew that there no were generally applied standards of performance against which she was being judged and that the fabrication of such standards was evidence of gender bias suffered by other former female police officers who had by then left the department. (…) On July 12, 2021, plaintiff pursued a vehicle which fit the description of one in which a person suspected of involvement in a shooting in Mahwah had fled. (…) Plaintiff pursued this vehicle out of the police department’s jurisdiction and succeeded in stopping the vehicle. (…) Within thirty seconds of this stop, police officers from Ramapo, the jurisdiction in which the vehicle had entered, arrived and questioned the driver who they ultimately determined was not involved in the Mahwah shooting. (…) Plaintiff behaved in an appropriate manner when she so deferred to the arriving police officers as the suspect was within their jurisdiction. (…) Rather than recognize that plaintiff had properly performed her job, her supervisor wrote up a three-page review which chastised her for failing to get out of her vehicle once she had stopped the suspect and local police officers began apprehending him. (…) In so proceeding, plaintiff did not depart from training, custom or practice and it was defendant Loughlin who deviated from standard practice by investigating a matter of this sort. (…) This department review and the conclusion that plaintiff violated numerous general orders can be contrasted with the treatment the same department accorded probationary officer William Osborn. (…) On November 18, 2019, he investigated a motor vehicle accident after which the driver was arrested for V&T infractions. (…) This driver’s vehicle was impounded; before impoundment, the responding officer, here Osborn, was required to prepare an inventory voucher but did not do so. (…) The following day, the impound shop contacted the police agency and advised that there was a significant sum of cash in the center console of other impounded vehicle. (…) Suffern police officers then attended to the vehicle and conducted a proper inventory, finding an AK-47 with a collapsible stock and pistol grip under the backseat and a loaded magazine which fit this weapon in the glovebox. (…) William Osborn neglected his duties by failing to perform a proper inventory, but, again, nothing was placed in his file reflecting this event and there was no department investigation of the event. (…) W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 14

22. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 On July 19, 2021, plaintiff was scheduled to commence a three-week trial period with defendant’s detective bureau. (…) Upset over the continued harassment and micro-management she faced as a police officer, plaintiff overslept, called the police desk when she awoke and advised dispatch that she would take two hours of her accrued time back hours and report to the station by 10 am. (…) Upon her arrival for service, defendant Loughlin invited plaintiff to his office and, with Lt. Martinez, his subordinate, aggressively questioned her about the July 12 incident. (…) Plaintiff explained her actions and the reason she deferred to Ramapo police officers in whose jurisdiction she stopped the fleeing suspect. (…) Defendant Loughlin and Lt. Martinez continued to insinuate that the incident showed that plaintiff was not capable of doing police work and was afraid of confronting the suspect. (…) In so characterizing plaintiff, defendant Loughlin engaged in gender stereotyping, claiming that, as a female police officer, plaintiff was fearful of confronting the fleeing male suspect. (…) At the same meeting, defendant Loughlin advised plaintiff that he intended to terminate her if she did not resign and raised a raft of other personnel issues which had never before been mentioned to plaintiff and most all of which arose before she was promoted to the position of full-time police officer. (…) On July 21, 2021, convinced that she would continue to be subjected to disparate standards when compared with male officers and treated in a hostile and inferior manner, plaintiff tendered her resignation as a police officer. (…) This resignation was coerced, not voluntary, and plaintiff so proceeded to save her certification as a police officer in the State of New York. (…) Defendant Loughlin’s treatment of plaintiff following her late arrival differed from its treatment of a male officer who did not report for a shift on September 1, 2021, did not call and was not disciplined in any manner, let alone directed to resign or face termination, as plaintiff was. (…) Defendant Loughlin’s treatment of plaintiff also differed from his treatment of police officer Joseph Ingui who completed his field training on or about May 30, 2021 and remained on probation at all material times. (…) On June 13, 2021, PO Ingui called out sick for his midnight shift. (…) The same day, Sgt. Daniel Kiernan called out sick for the same shift causing double overtime for patrol. (…) Superiors proceeded to initiate house checks for Ingui and Kiernan since officers who call out sick are required to be at home during the shifts they are assigned to and are missing. (…) PO Ingui was not at his home when Lt. Martinez did this house check. (…) A few days later, defendant Loughlin met with Inqui and took five vacation days from him as sanction. (…) Defendant Loughlin did not make Ingui resign as a consequence of the violation of departmental rules and, instead, within three months, awarded him the post of K-9 officer. (…) On the contrary, on July 19, 2021, the day plaintiff overslept, called in and reported to work, she was brought into defendant Loughlin’s office and given an ultimatum of resigning or being fired. (…) Defendant Loughlin’s course of treatment was motivated in large measure by plaintiff’s gender. (…) Defendant Loughlin’s course of treatment caused plaintiff substantial humiliation, emotional anguish, depression and anger. Tara Cable v Village of Suffern. Case 7:21-cv-08793. Document Cloud.: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21097128-suffern-pd-tara-cable- federal-lawsuit-2021 v Settlement Agreement Between Tara Cable and the Village of Suffern.: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/22323244-settle-tara-cable-sept-2022 W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 15

23. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 viA former police officer who filed a federal lawsuit accusing her department superiors of discrimination and sexual harassment has settled the case against the village and two chiefs for $475,000. Tara Cable claimed police brass ignored her complaints of gender discrimination and sexual harassment and instead forced her to resign in July 2021. (…) The settlement approved Monday night by the Board of Trustees will cost taxpayers $13,978 in insurance deductible and employment benefits to Cable, Mayor Michael Curley said Tuesday. The village's insurance company, which recommended the settlement, will pay the bulk of the settlement, which Curley and Cable signed. (…) Curley said the settlement saves taxpayers money in paying legal fees for Police Chief Andrew Loughlin and former Chief Clarke Osborn. Curley also said the village could have been liable for much more money after a trial. He said the village's insurance company "decided on the numbers" in the settlement. "My job was to protect the taxpayers," Curley said. "After reviewing the lawsuit I felt, as did the insurance company, that the taxpayers could be hurt." The $475,000 settlement includes: $348,000 to Cable for pain, suffering, emotional distress, and other non-wage damages; $52,000 to Cable for lost wages, a sum on which she is responsible to pay taxes; $75,000 for her legal fees to Sussman & Associates in Goshen. Cable, who became a full-time Suffern officer in the autumn of 2020, claimed in her lawsuit she resigned under pressure from the police chief and his top brass. She said she felt they were building a case to fire her and held her to a work standard not enforced on her male colleagues. Her complaint claimed Officer William Osborn, son of the former chief, sexually harassed her for two years after she was hired part-time in 2018. She claimed the younger Osborn sent her explicit photos of himself, touched her repeatedly, and represented they had a personal relationship. They've known each other growing up in the village. Curley said Cable's attorney never produced photos, emails, or other evidence during the discovery phase when evidence is exchanged to support the sexual harassment claims against William Osborn, who remains a village police officer. "There was nothing on Billy Osborn or his father," Curley said. Attorney Michael Sussman had said Cable has documentation to prove her accusations. He said he's represented many police officers and what she went through doesn't shine a positive light on the police department. Clarke Osborn, who retired in September 2020, denied Cable's allegations on behalf of himself and his son. Osborn had recommended the Board of Trustees hire his son and then Cable as full-time officers. She was one of his DARE students when he ran the police-school program. Curley said Cable never sought her job back. He said the department could not take her back unless the insurance company guaranteed money for retraining and other associated costs. He said as a result of the lawsuit he's looking at hiring a firm to give sensitivity training to the village workforce. He said Cable had been one of two women remaining on the force. He said the board promoted Officer Abigail Adams to sergeant on Monday. Ex-Suffern Officer Tara Cable, village settle discrimination lawsuit for $475K. Lohud on Yahoo.: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-suffern-officer-tara-cable-194154364.html W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 16

24. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 vii Deuteronomy 27: 19 on Biblehub.: https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/27-19.htm viii Leviticus 19: 34 on Biblehub.: https://biblehub.com/leviticus/19-34.htm ixIn October 2021, there were 5276 (five thousand two hundred and seventy-six) employees working for the MODMH. Of those, 3752 (three thousand seven hundred and fifty-two) employees were women and 1502 (one thousand five hundred and two) employees were men. While 64% (sixty four percent) of the MODMH employees identified as White, 31% (thirty one percent) identified as Black. Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W was previously employed for the MODMH. He has in 2013 filed a charge of employment discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against the MODMH. The charge of employment discrimination filed by Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W with the EEOC was previously assigned Case No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C. The charge of employment discrimination filed by Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W with the EEOC has been subject of intense scrutiny for various reasons. Michael A. Ayele (a.k.a) W has recently been informed by his former employers that 9 (nine) charges of employment discrimination have been filed against the MODMH between January 01st 2010 and December 17th 2021. Of those, the MODMH opted to engage in the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) program offered by the EEOC on 4 (four) separate occasions. They also declined to engage in the ADR program offered by the EEOC on 5 (five) separate occasions. As of this writing, it remains unclear for the Association for the Advancement of Civil Liberties (AACL) why the MODMH opted to engage in certain ADR sessions offered by the EEOC, while refusing to do so for others. The AACL unequivocally denounces discrimination on the bases of gender, racial background, sexual orientation, national origin and religious affiliation. The AACL also unequivocally denounces discrimination against people with disabilities (PWD). The AACL has decided to publish this information to members of the general public because of the language used by the EEOC to describe their processing of Charge No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C and also because of the EEOC frequent reference to this charge of discrimination. The AACL has effectively put the EEOC on notice that given their processing of Charge No.: 28E – 2014 – 00485C, they have forfeited their rights to represent Missouri State employees who [1] have opposed discriminatory practices in the service of healthcare pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); [2] have been subjected to racially motivated internal investigations (and were afterwards cleared of that investigation); [3] have been fired from their jobs as retaliation; [4] have been arrested for demanding the payment of their salary for the job they have performed. The Missouri Department of Mental Health (MODMH) W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 17

25. RECORDS REQUEST 09/25/2022 Disclose Records Documenting Their Total Number of Employees of the Bases of Gender and Racial Background. W (AACL), Michael Ayele Official Website.: https://michaelayeleaacl.wordpress.com/2022/09/11/the-missouri-department-of-mental-health- modmh-disclose-records-documenting-their-total-number-of-employees-on-the-bases-of-gender- and-racial-background-w-aacl-michael-a-ayele/ W (AACL) – MICHAEL A. AYELE 18