Man Files $50 Million Lawsuit, Claims Cops Beat Him Unconscious
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Attorneys announced a $50 million lawsuit against the NYPD Thursday, on behalf of a Bronx man they claimed was beaten unconscious by officers.
Raul Garcia, 39, and his attorneys alleged in the lawsuit that on June 3, an arson fire had been set in a building at the Jackson-Melrose Houses on Courtlandt Avenue where his girlfriend lived, according to a New York Daily News report.
Garcia claimed another man, Jonathan Ogando – who was arrested and charged in connection with the arson – initially blamed the arson on Garcia, the newspaper reported. At that point, Garcia and his attorneys alleged officers beat him.
“An officer knocked him down, began choking him – we have photographic evidence of this – and then three more officers jumped on – one with a baton – beating him across the head until he was bloodied and unconscious on the street. They then picked him up, handcuffed him, dragged him along the road and left him there,” attorney Herb Subin told 1010 WINS.
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