{"id":214259,"date":"2026-04-29T16:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214259\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:56:09","slug":"nypd-beat-wrong-man-in-brooklyn-100m-lawsuit-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/214259\/","title":{"rendered":"NYPD Beat Wrong Man in Brooklyn, $100M Lawsuit Filed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Black men<\/a> living in inner cities know all too well the danger of \u201cfitting the description\u201d to neighborhood police\u2014and time and time again, that label has come with violent consequences. The New York Police Department<\/a>\u2019s oath to serve and protect went haywire on April 14, and now the victim is seeking millions in damages after another brutal case of mistaken identity. <\/p>\n

Two weeks ago, Timothy Brown got off work and walked into a Brooklyn liquor store in Cobble Hill to buy a bottle of wine. Without warning, he was approached by officers who brutally beat and slammed him into a refrigerator. Detectives thought he was a drug associate of another suspect they encountered in a previous altercation, which was later determined to be inaccurate.<\/p>\n

The encounter was captured on a bystander\u2019s phone, showing officers repeatedly punching Brown in the face, dragging him across the floor through shards of glass, and kicking him in the back.<\/p>\n

Brown is now suing the NYPD for a whopping $100 million. Brown\u2019s lawyers maintain that those officers violated state and federal laws that rendered his client severely injured with physical and emotional scars, per NBC New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference<\/a> Tuesday, Brown recounted the moment he says the encounter turned violent: \u201cI had no knowledge of who they were. I was in shock. I didn\u2019t understand what was going on. They said, \u2018You\u2019re under arrest,\u201d and I said, \u2018Why? I haven\u2019t done anything.\u2019 And before I knew it, they grabbed me, and started punching me.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to documented excessive force, Brown\u2019s attorneys say officers involved in the brutal incident also failed to activate their body cameras and instead used personal phones to text colleagues\u2014both violations of New York Police Department protocol. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a taxpayer,\u201d Brown stated<\/a>. \u201cThis shouldn\u2019t happen to anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brown\u2019s legal team said, \u201cWe through this litigation, hope to change the policies of the NYPD. We hope that there will be training such that these incidents will stop happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police have confirmed that the victim, Timothy Brown\u2014a home health aide and licensed security guard\u2014was not involved in any drug sale, and was not found in possession of drugs. While he was initially charged with resisting arrest, those charges were later dropped by prosecutors, per Fox 5 News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two detectives involved\u2014who work with Brooklyn North Narcotics\u2014have since been placed on modified duty. The New York Police Department said<\/a> the incident is under review by its Internal Affairs Bureau as part of a 90-day narcotics review, which includes a full assessment of training, policy, equipment, and compliance measures.<\/p>\n

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