Feb 22, 2009 12:36 pm US/Eastern
Victim In Alleged Police Beating To Testify
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) ―
It started on a hot August night with a drunk guy getting a ticket for throwing a beer glass.
This week, that disorderly reveler will be a witness testifying in the trial of two Fire Island police officers accused in his beating.
The charges stem from the August 2005 beating of Samuel Gilberd.
Gilberd was at an Ocean Beach bar when a bouncer accused him of littering after he threw a glass onto the sidewalk.
A bouncer took him to the police station, where he was issued a ticket for littering. As he left the station, Gilberd kicked the door.
Prosecutors say police then viciously beat him.
Jury selection was expected to begin Tuesday afternoon, followed by opening statements later in the week.
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