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The man was reportedly beaten by transit police in 2018.
The man is demanding compensation for physical and mental damage. Kieran Kesner for The Boston Globe
July 16, 2021
BOSTON (AP) – A man who claims he was beaten by transit police in 2018 has filed a federal citizenship lawsuit against the MBTA and three of its officers.
Anthony Watson, who was homeless when allegedly beaten on a Red Line train in Dorchester and held in jail for seven hours, is seeking compensation for physical and mental harm, his attorney Jeffrey Wiesner told The Boston Globe for one released on Friday History .
The lawsuit filed on Tuesday alleged that one officer beat him while two others falsified a police report to acquit their colleagues by claiming that Watson was the attacker.
Criminal proceedings are initiated against two officers.
“When an official of the law commits a criminal act, it goes to the heart of our criminal justice system,” Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said in a statement.
Transit Police Chief Ken Green described the officers’ actions as “reprehensible” in a statement and refused to “stigmatize their contemptuous behavior” across the Transit Police Department.
According to the lawsuit, the beatings came while Watson was being escorted out of a train station after one of the officers woke him up after falling asleep on a Red Line train.
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