He has 25 surgical staples in his head from a bloody road-rage beating allegedly inflicted by two hot-headed off-duty female cops – and now it could cost the city $1 million for each shiny metal fastener.
The lawyer for Marlon Smith, 35, an office-supply worker and a father of five, filed papers yesterday saying he intends to sue the city for $25 million for civil-rights violations, police brutality and wrongful arrest.
“I just want to know why they would treat another human being that way,” attorney Derek Sells said of Officers Koleen Robinson and Michelle Anglin.
The cops, who were stripped of their guns and badges, pleaded not guilty to charges they clubbed, beat and pistol-whipped Smith.
The officers allegedly flew into a rage because the door of Smith’s car was open and they objected to driving around it.
“I was just trying to protect myself, to see my kids again,” Smith said. “I thought I was going to die, that they were going to shoot me.”