Overview
- Timothy Brown and his lawyers announced Tuesday that they filed a $100 million notice of claim, a required step before suing New York City, alleging excessive force, false arrest, and civil-rights violations.
- A bystander’s video from April 14 shows two plainclothes detectives tackling, punching, and dragging Brown through broken glass inside a Gowanus liquor store during an undercover drug operation.
- Police later said Brown was not involved in a drug sale, and the Brooklyn district attorney dropped the resisting-arrest charge as Brown describes lasting injuries that require a cane and keep him from working.
- The detectives identified as Volkan Maden and Michael Algerio are on modified duty without guns or badges, a supervising sergeant is on desk duty, the involved narcotics module was disbanded, and the department is conducting a 90-day review.
- Brown’s filing says the detectives failed to activate body-worn cameras during the arrest, raising compliance questions that the department’s review is expected to address and prompting a demand to preserve all evidence.