NYPD Cops Accused of Assault Are Put on Desk Duty

WNYC News | Jul 12, 2010

New York, NY —

Four police officers accused of assaulting and sodomizing a man last month in a Brooklyn subway station have been stripped of their guns and badges while a special grand jury investigates the allegations.

Tattoo parlor worker Michael Mineo says the officers approached him because they thought he was smoking marijuana, chased him into the Brooklyn subway station, pulled his pants down and sodomized him with a walkie-talkie.

The New York Police Department strongly denies those allegations.

The NYPD also is investigating but must wait until the grand jury is finished before interviewing the officers.

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