The Marc Fishman Story: When Justice Turned Against a Father

Marc Fishman, a disabled father of four from the Bronx, has spent the past seven years fighting to clear his name after a wrongful arrest in New Rochelle, New York — an arrest that began during a court-ordered supervised visitation with his autistic son and spiraled into a full-blown civil rights battle.

What should have been a peaceful reunion turned into chaos when false claims by his estranged wife triggered a police response. Officers from the New Rochelle Police Department arrested Fishman without proper investigation, ignoring his visible disabilities, medical conditions, and federally protected rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Surveillance footage and later-obtained records suggest officers withheld exculpatory evidence — including multiple lobby camera videos and dispatch audio — that could have cleared him from the start.

Since that day, Fishman has uncovered a pattern of misconduct within Westchester County law enforcement and prosecution, including falsified reports, missing evidence, and ADA violations in both criminal and family court proceedings. Despite his traumatic brain injury and hearing loss, courts repeatedly denied him reasonable accommodations, forcing him to represent himself in years of litigation that exposed systemic failures in how disabled parents are treated in New York’s justice system.

Now publicly advocating as “The Justice Warrior,” Fishman has filed federal lawsuits and complaint referrals revealing how police, prosecutors, and court-appointed professionals conspired to conceal wrongdoing. His case has since drawn national attention from legal reform advocates, disability-rights supporters, and independent media outlets calling it a textbook example of due-process collapse and retaliatory prosecution.

Fishman continues to fight not just for himself, but for every parent and person with disabilities who has been silenced or shut out of the system meant to protect them.

👉 Read the full case files, transcripts, evidence, and media coverage at NewRochellePoliceAbuse.com