From [HERE] Gregory Jeffries says his face was left swollen and bloodied after a Chicago police sergeant struck him four times in 2010 without provocation. "I felt pain," Gregory Jeffries testified Thursday during the first day of the trial of Sgt. Edward Howard Jr. on charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct.

Jeffries was 19 and handcuffed when the alleged beating took place in a South Side parking lot. The incident was captured on a surveillance camera. The lawsuit claims Gregory Jeffries was stopped by police Oct. 11 as he and a friend were leaving the King Gyro carry out at 79th Street and Vincennes Avenue. During the stop, Jeffries was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and was hit several times by an unnamed sergeant, causing Jeffries to spit blood onto the ground, according to the complaint.

Jeffries was charged with trespassing, but the charge was dropped in December, according to the complaint filed in federal court in Chicago.  Jeffries said he never received medical treatment for his injuries but still sought "justice" for the attack. He gave mostly brief answers to questions and didn't show any emotion from the witness stand.