Brooklyn man files $100M lawsuit against NYC over wrongful arrest

But first, a Brooklyn man sues the city after being wrongfully arrested and charged. Welcome back to the 5 o'clock news. I'm Natasha Verma. I'm Steve Lacey. Timothy Brown was simply shopping at a Brooklyn liquor store back in April when two NYPD detectives wrongly identified him as a drug dealer's associate. Yeah, and during the arrest, he suffered a number of injuries that he's still battling today. Fox's Antoine Lewis joins us now. I remember this video is so dramatic. What is he demanding in his lawsuit? We'll get into that, but this is probably one of the worst cases of making the wrong arrest, which the department actually admitted within days after this video that Natasha just referenced became public. So on April 14th, Timothy Brown had just gotten off of work and stopped by a Brooklyn liquor store on his way home. He says without warning, Two detectives approached him and told him he was under arrest. Then, as you can see, began punching him and kicking him. This is a brutal, brutal beating. And if you keep watching, you'll see Brown get dragged over broken glass. And at one point, one of the officers actually stomped him in the head. This was near the door, also in the head and neck area there. That's about to come up. Detectives thought this was a drug suspect. He was not. Brown was a home health care aide and a licensed security officer. The NYPD later confirming this was a case of mistaken identity. See there this morning, accompanied by his attorneys, Brown announced he's suing the NYPD, the city and the two narcotics detectives for $100 million. I'm taking it one day at a time. I'm still in pain, certain areas of my body. And this is something we have to do. Justice has to prevail here. I want justice for what happened to me. It shouldn't happen to nobody else. What happened to me? It was disgusting and it was wrong and they have to be punished. Brown's injuries were pretty severe. His leg was sliced open and needed 36 stitches. His nose was broken and he had fractured ribs. He uses a cane to walk and says he suffers from PTSD. Allegations in the lawsuit include excessive force, wrongful arrest, and malicious prosecution. The fallout from this incident was huge. The NYPD completely disbanded the Brooklyn North Narcotics Unit. The department says that all the detectives, the lieutenant and captain, were transferred within the force. The two detectives in the video and their sergeant on desk duty. But yeah, a lot of changes were made because of that video, Natasha and Steve. Dramatic indeed.