## [Citizen Report No. 1646315486 - 492119744](/citizen-report-no-1646315486-492119744) [![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/2022-03/Lewandowski%2C%20Michael.JPG?itok=5VaPjZLG)](/individual/michael-g-%20lewandowski)Michael G. Lewandowski **[Town of Tonawanda Police Department](/new-york/town-tonawanda-police-department)** 1835 Sheridan Drive Buffalo, New York 14223 [(716) 876-5300](tel:%28716%29876-5300) [![Town of Tonawanda Police Department](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-03/PATCH2021.png?itok=-YXYrB8o)](/new-york/town-tonawanda-police-department) ## Date of Offense December 1, 2016 ## Offense(s) [Use of Force](/duty/use-force) [Bias](/duty/bias) [Misconduct](/duty/misconduct) [False Statements](/duty/false-statements) ## Supporting Document(s) [Bias Training ](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Lewandowski%2C%20Michael%20Bias%20Training.JPG "Lewandowski, Michael Bias Training.JPG") [Court Video](/sites/default/files/2022-03/LewindowskiCourtAssault.mp4 "LewindowskiCourtAssault.mp4") [Slow mo Court Video 1](/sites/default/files/2022-03/LewPunch.mp4 "LewPunch.mp4") [Slow mo Court Video 1](/sites/default/files/2022-03/LewSlamhead.mp4 "LewSlamhead.mp4") ## Statement Inside a NY courtroom, Officer Lewandowski violently escalated an incident; he cursed out and forcibly removed a couple without cause; driving the woman's head into a courtroom door, and then again into the wall. He dragged the black man out of the courtroom, and attempted to assault him, by punching him in the face. --- [![United States Citizen Reporters](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2021-08/1186px-Scales_of_Justice_and_Wreath.svg_.png?itok=QQ8wLoSk "United States Citizen Reporters")](/united-states/us-citizen-reporters) The US Citizen Reporters are a group of public and private defense advocates that scour the internet for documented incidents of police misconduct that have eluded accountability. [Learn more >>>](/united-states/us-citizen-reporters)