An Immigration and Customs Enforcement supervisor present during a shooting in upper Manhattan has a history of federal court accusations involving unlawful arrests and the use of excessive force. Brenden Cuni, a member of the agency’s National Fugitive Operations team, was identified at the scene in Marble Hill where agents fired multiple rounds at a car while a child sat inside.
Federal court records, public documents, and legal filings show that Cuni has repeatedly been named in lawsuits alleging aggressive tactics during street arrests across New York and Minnesota. In one instance, lawyers for a Bronx man alleged that Cuni tripped him, broke his tooth, and used a Taser multiple times while the individual was handcuffed. Other court documents detail similar allegations from Queens, as well as an operation in Minneapolis where activists claimed agents forced a pregnant woman to the ground.
Judges in federal courts have also scrutinized paperwork and sworn accounts submitted by Cuni. In multiple cases this year, federal judges ruled specific arrests unlawful, with one judge describing a warrant signed by Cuni as fraudulent and another noting that video evidence contradicted his sworn statements regarding an apprehension.
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