"I felt humiliated, disrespected, and embarrassed, and I was brutally beaten for no reason. I work, I am a tax-paying citizen. What happened to me should never happen to anyone else."
"The only way to get change is to hurt people in their pockets, and that's what we intend to do here. We want change. No more nice guy, we're going to get change."
"I had no knowledge of who they were. I was in shock. I didn't understand what was going on. They said 'You're under arrest.' And I said, 'why? I haven't done anything.'"
Timothy Brown, injured and humiliated, filed a $100 million lawsuit against the police after being violently arrested for allegedly working with a drug dealer. On April 14, after finishing work, he entered a liquor store where police confronted him. A viral video captured the brutal arrest, showing police punching Brown and causing severe injuries, including a slice wound requiring 36 stitches. Initially charged with resisting arrest, those charges were later dismissed. His attorney emphasized the need to impact the police financially to drive change.
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