Monday, July 7, 2014

Man claims cops made him crash motorcycle, beat him down: suit ...


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A Brooklyn man wants the city to cough up $ 50 million after cops allegedly caused him to crash his motorcycle and then punched him while he was lying on the ground.


“I get very emotional sometimes when I think about what the cops did,” said William Williams, 20, who recently came out of a coma after the June 17 incident on Elton Street near Atlantic Avenue.


“I didn’t think cops were like that. It still upsets me that they put their hands on me,” said Williams, the father of a 6-month-old girl.


The NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau is investigating the incident, which left Williams with a fractured skull and broken jaw.


His lawyer, Andrew Plasse, filed a notice on July 2 to sue the city.


Williams has no criminal record, but he was already ticketed earlier this year for riding his Kawasaki on the sidewalk, according to police.


Last month, the Brownsville resident was again driving his bike on the sidewalk at around 2:40 p.m. when officers tried to nab him, cops said.


Williams lost control of the bike and crashed into the side of a “commercial vehicle,” police said.


But Williams claims that he was riding legally on Elton Street and was clipped from behind by an unmarked police van. The impact caused him to lose his balance and hit the pavement, the documents state.


While unconscious, he was then “assaulted and battered by police officers,” the claim says.


A video of the aftermath shows Williams convulsing on the ground surrounded by police, who at one point put him in handcuffs.


There is no clear shot of him being hit by any cops.


Police would not confirm whether the van that clipped him belonged to the NYPD, nor would they comment on the assault allegation.


Williams was charged with reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without a proper license.


After the crash, he was transported to Brookdale Hospital, where he stayed for over a week in its intensive-care unit.


Williams’ uncle, Michael Tucker, told The Post, “Whether [police] were chasing him or not, when it’s clear someone needs medical attention, you don’t manhandle him because you don’t know what his injuries are.”


Williams says he suffered memory loss, and when he thinks about the incident, he feels waves of emotion, including anger.


His wife, Michelle Concepcion, said the episode has changed her husband, a former Little Caesars pizza worker.


“He’s so different now. He can’t work, he can’t lift anything, he can’t do multitasking” she said.


A spokeswoman for the city’s Law Department declined to comment on the claim.





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