The person overwhelmed by two NYPD officers in a case of mistaken identification is suing town and the officers concerned, he shared Tuesday at his lawyer’s workplace.
In April, Timothy Brown suffered punches and kicks from narcotics detectives at a Brooklyn liquor retailer after suspicion that he was shopping for medicine. The occasions within the retailer have been captured on video.
The 2 plainclothes officers acquired right into a bodily confrontation with Brown, video confirmed, kicking and punching him repeatedly as he bled inside BK Wine Depot in Boerum Hill.
Brown’s attorneys allege his accidents triggered everlasting disfiguring, say he now suffers from PTSD and remains to be being handled for his accidents.
“I would like justice for what occurred to me. [It] should not occur to no person else, what occurred to me,” Brown mentioned Tuesday in a press convention. “It was disgusting and it was unsuitable, and so they must be punished.”
The NYPD mentioned it has been reviewing insurance policies associated to narcotics enforcement throughout town since April. The division can be reviewing coaching, tools use and breaking apart the whole unit associated with the incident.
NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke concerning the incident shortly after it came about.
“I’ve seen the video, I’ve been briefed on it and this matter is underneath inside evaluation by our Inner Affairs Bureau and we can have extra to say about it as that investigation unfolds. However I perceive the neighborhood curiosity in it as a result of it’s an upsetting video,” Tisch mentioned on the time.
The lady who recorded the assault on her cellphone says she ought to’ve completed extra.
“I’m so mad at myself that I didn’t throw my physique in opposition to him to guard this man,” Abelee Moran beforehand informed NBC New York.
The Brooklyn District Lawyer’s Workplace introduced it declined to prosecute Brown on prices of resisting arrest and obstruction of presidency administration.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the footage in a submit on X in April.
“The violence utilized by NYPD officers on this video is extraordinarily disturbing and unacceptable. Officers ought to by no means deal with an individual this fashion. The NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident,” the mayor mentioned.
Brown is suing the NYPD for undisclosed punitive and compensatory damages.
