State and county prosecutors say they are
probing an allegation that police officers in New Jersey assaulted a man “without provocation” back in December.
According to officials, the Office
of Public Integrity and Accountability in
the New Jersey attorney general’s office will be investigating, along with Passaic County
prosecutors.
Officials say the case concerns allegations of
assault by Paterson officers on a then 19-year-old
man early on Dec. 14.
The man asserted that he was attacked for no
reason; the officers maintained he approached them causing a disturbance and
attacked one of them.
Anyone with information is asked to call
investigators.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.