Jurors in an alleged police misconduct case filed by a Baldwin man who said he was assaulted by two Nassau police officers outside his home in 2017 watched video footage Wednesday of an officer grabbing the man by the neck and throwing him to the ground.
The video played to a federal jury sitting in Brooklyn sharply contradicts statements Nassau County police officer Stephen Beckwith wrote in a felony complaint charging Robert Besedin Sr., 79, with second-degree assault.
Beckwith was the first witness called in the civil trial by attorney Fred Brewington of Hempstead, who represents Besedin in the lawsuit that claims Nassau police violated his civil rights by assaulting and falsely arresting him outside his home on Feb. 7, 2017.
