By The Diary
Timothy Brown the man who was caught on video being beaten by two New York Police Department (NYPD) officers inside a liquor store in Brooklyn, plans to sue the mayor’s office for $100 million.
The beating, which took place on April 14 around 4 pm, garnered widespread attention after images circulated on social media. Both Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch have called the video disturbing.. NYPD has not commented on the lawsuit announced yesterday.
Brown has been identified as a 46-year-old man who works as a home health aide and security guard. His lawyers allege that police violated state and federal laws during the violent arrest, which left his client with physical and emotional consequences. As a result, Brown now walks with the help of a cane, he said. NBC News.
“It was wrong and disgusting. “My life will never be the same,” Brown said Tuesday, accompanied by his lawyers. “I felt humiliated, disrespected and ashamed. and I went brutally beaten for no reason some”.
According to the video, Brown was beaten by two police officers who He was wrongly identified as a suspect during a drug raid at a liquor store in the Gowanus neighborhood. The two detectives allegedly told him he would be detained because he was wearing green shorts that matched the description of a drug dealer they were looking for, he said. Recent York Put up.
While speaking to reporters Tuesday in Lower New York, Brown expressed his frustration and concern for others. “I’m a taxpayer,” Brown said. “This should not happen to anyone else.”
In addition to excessive force, Brown’s attorneys also allege that The officers involved did not activate their body cameras and were sending text messages to their colleagues from their personal cell phones; Both actions constitute direct violations of NYPD regulations.
“Through this litigation “We hope to bring about a change in the policies of the New York Police Department,” stated trial attorney Derek Sells. And he stated that the imminent lawsuit “aims to punish these agents. We want to take everything away from those police officers, just as they took away Mr. Brown’s dignity.”
When Brown’s mother, Donna, was asked if anyone from the mayor’s office had contacted her to inquire about her son’s condition, she responded no.
The day after the beating, Mayor Mamdani wrote on Twitter/X: “The violence used by NYPD officers in this video is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Officers should never treat a person this way. “NYPD is conducting a thorough investigation into this incident.”
The agents involved were reassigned to administrative duties during the course of the internal investigation and their weapons have been taken away. Additionally, the entire team involved in that drug raid has been disbanded as part of a 90-day review of the narcotics unit, authorities announced last week.