Vernitsky had attended a wedding and was spray-painting congratulations to the couple on the wall of a beauty supply house in the city’s Feltonville section when police saw him, officials said.
Vernitsky fled, but the officers caught up and beat him, kicking him in the groin, bruising his face and ribs, and knocking out three teeth, Abraham said at the news conference.
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Be careful out there.
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