via Huffington Post
After members of the New York Police department arrested a teenager for “spewing profanities” and “ignoring requests to show his hands” outside a Queens youth center, a lawyer for the young man claims that he is an “innocent victim of police brutality”, the New York Daily News reports.
Robert Jackson was forced to the ground by police in a Jan. 8 incident outside the Flushing YMCA. In a press conference Tuesday, Jackson said that his arm was pinned underneath him during the arrest.
Photos released to the press show a gruesome, crescent-shaped wound that the 19-year-old sustained in the incident as his left cheek was ground into the cement sidewalk.
According to Gothamist, Jackson faces charges of “w**d possession, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, and obstructing governmental administration,” but his lawyer, City Council candidate Jacques Leandre wants them all dropped.
