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Associated Press - December 29, 2009 6:44 PM ET
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A woman suing Minneapolis Park Police says two officers broke her son's arm.
Tahisha Williams-Brewer of Minneapolis seeks unspecified damages.
According to the lawsuit this month, the May incident started when a staff member at Creekview Park told her 12-year-old son, "You're gay." Words were exchanged the staff member told the boy to leave.
The lawsuit says as the boy was leaving, officers Keith Rowland and James Cannon arrived and told the boy to leave. It says one then forcefully twisted the boy's arm and pulled it behind his back.
The boy allegedly heard his arm snap and suffered four fractures.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board says there are many inaccuracies in the complaint, and that proper police procedures were followed. The board says it's confident the facts will show the police acted appropriately.
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