"Surveillance video shows Timothy Brown walk into a liquor store last Tuesday on Hoyt and Baltic streets. As he comes down the aisle, officers then approach. There's no audio, but last week, Brown said he was told, 'You're under arrest.' I said, 'Sir, why?' I didn't recall hearing why."
"The video shows detectives attempt to get Brown's arms behind his back. 'I remember being grabbed and shoved, and he said, 'Don't resist,' and I said, 'I'm not resisting,' Brown said. The video shows Brown being hit repeatedly before he's dragged across broken glass on the floor."
"Because Brown didn't attack the detectives, 'it appears as if this is a level of excessive force,' said Darrin Porcher, a former NYPD lieutenant in the department's Internal Affairs Bureau."
"Another man told CBS News New York on that same day, he was also wrongfully arrested in the same operation. 'He said it was attempt sale. I don't have nothing to do with it. He violently pushed me up against the gate,' Ronald Maxwell said."
Timothy Brown was wrongfully arrested by NYPD during a drug sweep, as he matched the description of a suspect. Surveillance video shows Brown entering a liquor store before officers approached him. He was told he was under arrest without explanation. Brown reported being grabbed and shoved, and he was hit repeatedly before being dragged across broken glass. Charges against him were dropped. Another man also reported a wrongful arrest during the same operation, prompting reassignment of several NYPD officers involved.
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