A Bronx man, beaten by two female cops when he tried to stop them from attacking another man out of road rage, is suing the city, the NYPD and the officers.
Cyle Perry-Osby, 27, says cops pointed their gun at him, beat him with a baton, punched him and sprayed him with Mace after he tried to break up a fight between them and a motorist, Marlon Smith, 25, on Aug. 15, 2008, according to a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit filed Tuesday.
Bronx Transit Officers Koleen Robinson, 24, and Michelle Anglin, 37, have already been indicted on charges of felony assault and official misconduct for beating Smith so badly that he needed 25 staples to close his head wound - all because his car door was blocking their driving path.
They are also charged with attacking Perry-Osby after he came to Smith’s aid.
Perry-Osby’s suit alleges he “was wantonly … maliciously, relentlessly, illegally and brutally assaulted, attacked, beaten, struck and threatened with a deadly weapon, pushed and battered by [Robinson and Anglin].”
The officers face up to seven years in prison if convicted. They were immediately stripped of their badges and guns after the incident. Read more..
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