A Brooklyn family has filed a claim of notice that they plan to sue the City, after 14-year-old Matthew Alba (pictured) received a broken wrist and a cut chin allegedly at the hands of a dean at PS 369 in Downtown Brooklyn. In a one-sided account, Matthew Alba told the NY Post that he had arrived at detention when an assistant dean "went ballistic" on him and grabbed his hand, holding it tightly for three minutes as he berated the young teenager.
"He said, 'You ain't gonna be nothing. You ain't gonna go nowhere. You're gonna be here your whole life.' "
When Matthew threw the insult back at the dean, the man allegedly told him, "I'm gonna floor you."
What followed was a wrestling hold that put young Matthew on the floor; it was later discovered that his wrist had been broken. The principal of the school is Rudy Giuliani--cousin of the former mayor and cast-off Presidential candidate. Is it 'Giuliani Time' in one of New York's public schools? The Alba's lawyer thinks so, saying, "This is another barbaric act, in a school that has a history of these kinds of incidents." The family is suing NYC for $5 million.
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