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The man beaten by two NYPD officers in a case of mistaken identity is suing the city and the officers involved, he shared Tuesday at his lawyer’s office.

In April, Timothy Brown suffered punches and kicks from narcotics detectives at a Brooklyn liquor store after suspicion that he was buying drugs. The events in the store were captured on video.

The two plainclothes officers got into a physical confrontation with Brown, video showed, kicking and punching him repeatedly as he bled inside BK Wine Depot in Boerum Hill.

Brown’s lawyers allege his injuries caused permanent disfiguring, say he now suffers from PTSD and is still being treated for his injuries.

“I want justice for what happened to me. [It] shouldn’t happen to nobody else, what happened to me,” Brown said Tuesday in a press conference. “It was disgusting and it was wrong, and they have to be punished.”

The NYPD said it has been reviewing policies related to narcotics enforcement across the city since April. The department is also reviewing training, equipment use and breaking up the entire unit related with the incident.

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch spoke about the incident shortly after it took place.

“I have seen the video, I have been briefed on it and this matter is under internal review by our Internal Affairs Bureau and we will have more to say about it as that investigation unfolds. But I understand the community interest in it because it is an upsetting video,” Tisch said at the time.

The woman who recorded the attack on her phone says she should’ve done more.

“I’m so mad at myself that I didn’t throw my body against him to protect this man,” Abelee Moran previously told NBC New York.

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced it declined to prosecute Brown on charges of resisting arrest and obstruction of government administration.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the footage in a post on X in April.

“The violence used by NYPD officers in this video is extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Officers should never treat a person this way. The NYPD is conducting a full investigation into this incident,” the mayor said.

Brown is suing the NYPD for undisclosed punitive and compensatory damages.

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