Allegations:
I.M., 13, was drumming on plastic containers with three of his friends, when they saw a squad car approach them. The boys ran, fearing that their drumming had drawn a complaint. Officers chased them through an alley, but did not tell them to stop running. One of the officers caught up to I.M., tackled him and threw him against a metal gate and then to the ground. Other officers arrived on the scene and kicked I.M.'s head and upper body, causing his head to bleed. The mother of one of the other boys, who was taking care of I.M. while his mother was out of town, saw the beating and told the police to stop, but police told her to leave. She called I.M.'s mother to tell her what was happening, and asked the officers to speak to his mother on the phone, but they refused. They called an ambulance, which took I.M. to a hospital, where doctors sutured a gash over his eyebrow. Officers then took I.M. to a police station and handcuffed him to a bench until they allowed his aunt to take him home. No charges were filed against him. Officers later called I.M.'s mother and told her I.M. had fallen down and hurt himself while fleeing from police.