A security guard caught on video being beaten inside a Brooklyn liquor store by two NYPD narcotics detectives filed a $100 million lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday, claiming that the NYPD allowed the cops to remain on the streets despite their history of alleged misconduct and civilian complaints. Timothy Brown, 46, suffered a broken nose, a hematoma on his scalp and had glass ...

A security guard caught on video being beaten inside a Brooklyn liquor store by two NYPD narcotics detectives filed a $100 million lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday, claiming that the NYPD allowed the cops to remain on the streets despite their history of alleged misconduct and civilian complaints.

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A security guard caught on video being beaten inside a Brooklyn liquor store by two NYPD narcotics detectives filed a $100 million lawsuit in Brooklyn Federal Court Tuesday, claiming that the NYPD allowed the cops to remain on the streets despite their history of alleged misconduct and civilian complaints.

Timothy Brown, 46, suffered a broken nose, a hematoma on his scalp and had glass embedded in his knee that required 25 stitches at the hands of Brooklyn North Narcotics Dets. Volkan Maden and Michael Algerio on April 14, 2026. Those injuries, the lawsuit states, were “the product of choices the City of New York made long before that afternoon.”

“Maden and Algerio came to that store with records of civilian complaints, substantiated misconduct and lawsuits alleging force, and the city kept them on the street,” the civil suit reads.

The lawsuit, which names both Maden and Algerio, in addition to the City of New York, accuses the defendants of excessive force, false arrest, unlawful seizure and failure to intervene, among other violations.

Brown, a security guard and home health aide, had just finished a shift and was heading to a liquor store nearby his home in Boerum Hill when the narcotics detectives mistook him for a suspect in a drug operation, according to the suit.

The man they were looking for was wearing green shorts, while Brown’s shorts were teal, according to the complaint, which states, “That was all they had.”

“Without asking him a single question, without checking with the undercover officer, and without any evidence tying him to a drug sale, they seized him,” the suit reads.

A customer recorded Algerio repeatedly punching Brown as he struggled to protect his face. The detectives then drove him headfirst into a wine display, shattering “dozens of bottles,” according to the suit.

The detectives then dragged him by his ankles over the glass that had shattered on the floor, before Algerio knelt on his back, according to the complaint.

“The detectives carried no radios and wore no body-worn cameras,” the suit reads.

From 2016 through 2021, Maden was named in 12 civilian complaints, including seven that alleged he used physical force, according to the suit.

Meanwhile, CCRB records show eight complaints against Algerio between July 2013 and May 2025, including five involving physical force.

Brown and his attorneys announced their intent to sue the city at a press conference in April when they demanded $100 million in damages

“What happened to me should never happen to anyone else,” Brown said at the press conference. “It was wrong, and it was disgusting, and my life will never be the same.”

The lawsuit filed Tuesday claimed unspecified damages to be determined at trial, but members of his legal team told Eyewitness News that they are still seeking $100 million in damages.

Shortly after his arrest, the NYPD admitted that Brown had nothing to do with the drug sale.

“It is upsetting to view,” Tisch said of the video. “We’ll have more to say about it as that investigation unfolds.”

The officers were stripped of their guns and shields, placed on desk duty while the NYPD investigated the incident, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said.

Brown was given a desk appearance ticket by cops for resisting arrest and obstruction of government administration, officials said. A spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney quickly announced they would be declining to prosecute those charges.

Police sources said Brown has a criminal history but hasn’t been arrested in 13 years.

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