‘Your dad should beat you’: Police officers encouraged teenager’s father to abuse him while calling him a ‘little brat,’ attorney says

Sergio Nino as seen on bodycam footage from the Phoenix Police Department

Bodycam footage provided by the Phoenix Police Department moments before Officer Blake Willer (right) allegedly pushed Sergio Nino (left) to the ground (KNXV).

An Arizona teenager intends to sue the Phoenix Police Department after he claims officers assaulted him and encouraged his father to abuse him.

A notice of claim was filed on Feb. 25 by Larry Wulkan, an attorney representing 18-year-old Sergio Nino, against the City of Phoenix and three police officers: Officers Kristofer Gries, Blake Willer, and Matthew Smith seeking a settlement of $500,000. In the claim, Wulkan states that the officers were called to the house on Jan. 23, 2024, when Nino’s father called them, not knowing how to handle his then-16-year-old son who was reportedly “acting out.” In the body camera footage, the officers can be heard telling the father “If you wish to beat him, beat him. If you wish to belt him, belt him.”

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