Uploaded February 2010 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
A man who has accused a New York City police officer of sodomizing him with a baton testified Monday that he felt four jabs into his backside as he lay on the ground of a subway station, handcuffed and surrounded by cops.
"I was in pain, I was disoriented, I saw a white light," Michael Mineo testified at the second day of trial for the officer accused of assaulting him and two others charged with covering it up.
Mineo testified that he was later led out of the subway station, bleeding and screaming, to a blue-and-white police cruiser. "Every person that was passing by, I was screaming for help," he said.
Inside the car, he said the officers made him a deal: If he had no outstanding warrants, they would let him go, as long as he didn't tell anyone about the assault.
A man who has accused a New York City police officer of sodomizing him with a baton testified Monday that he felt four jabs into his backside as he lay on the ground of a subway station, handcuffed and surrounded by cops.
"I was in pain, I was disoriented, I saw a white light," Michael Mineo testified at the second day of trial for the officer accused of assaulting him and two others charged with covering it up.
Mineo testified that he was later led out of the subway station, bleeding and screaming, to a blue-and-white police cruiser. "Every person that was passing by, I was screaming for help," he said.
Inside the car, he said the officers made him a deal: If he had no outstanding warrants, they would let him go, as long as he didn't tell anyone about the assault.
