NYPD officer fractured Bronx man's jaw over double-parked car: complaint
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According to a personal-injury complaint submitted to the City Comptroller’s Office, a man from the Bronx claimed that an NYPD officer beat him severely during an unjust arrest, resulting in the need for screws in his broken jaw.

Jaylin Ryan, 21, double-parked his mom’s car near a fire hydrant to drop a friend off at her Fordham Heights home in December, when four to six police officers approached him and asked for his ID, according to a copy of the complaint obtained by The Post. 

After Ryan asked what he had done wrong, the cops grabbed and “violently” threw him against his mom’s 2017 Mercedes Benz GLS SUV and handcuffed him, according to the complaint.

During the fracas, one of the officers, Sgt. Joel Ayala, allegedly punched Ryan in the face.  


Bronx resident Jaylin Ryan standing while wearing a vest and flower
Jaylin Ryan claimed that one of the cops who arrested him punched him so hard that he fractured his jaw. Family Handout

“This is what happens if you do not give the police what they ask for; you’ll get punched in the face,” Sgt. Brian P. Mahon allegedly told Ryan, according to the complaint. 

Ayala’s punch allegedly fractured Ryan’s jaw, which required him to have eight screws put in his mouth, he told The Post. 

“It messed me up mentally and emotionally,” Ryan said.

Police issued Ryan summonses for disorderly conduct, double parking and parking near a fire hydrant, all of which were dismissed, according to his lawyer, Eric Sanders.   

The complaint alleges false arrest, excessive force, and racial discrimination, among other claims, against the officers involved in Ryan’s arrest. He is seeking unspecified determined damages. 

Ayala has been hit with 17 complaints since 2015 to the Civilian Complaint Review Board, five of which involved abuse of authority and were substantiated, according to the NYPD’s internal watchdog. 

Mahon, meanwhile, has received a dozen CCRB complaints since 2016, five of which were substantiated, including for abuse of authority, excessive force, and providing a false official statement.  

Andrew Quinn, general counsel to the Sergeants Benevolent Association union, said Ryan’s allegations are “flatly contradicted” by the cops’ body camera footage.

“Should this matter proceed to litigation, it will be aggressively defended,” he said.

An NYPD spokesperson declined to comment, citing pending litigation.

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