In his complaint filed Tuesday, Long Beach resident Joseph Munisteri claims he was at a concert in Eisenhower Park on Sept. 26, 2025. At about 9:15 p.m., the complaint reads, the county police, acting on behalf of the county, improperly detained and directed him, failing to maintain a safe environment and ultimately pulling him into the path of the horse.
Nassau County police officer Eugene Dolan, the third codefendant in the suit, is alleged to have, “approached [Munisteri] and apprehended him by the arm with no justifiable basis for doing so…Escorting [Munisteri] by the arm and in the process directed him directly in front of a police horse, which did step on and injur [sic] his foot,” the complaint reads.