A man who says Bridgeport police officers beat him repeatedly after they responded to a noise complaint at his sister-in-law’s house during a party for his 12-year-old niece has filed a federal lawsuit against 17 defendants, including the city, police chief and mayor.

According to the 32-page lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, 46 officers swarmed the home of Wanda Mendez and Fernando Morales following the noise complaint. It says officers responded to a “distress call.” But what occurred next was a massive, unprovoked beating for plaintiff Carmelo Mendez, according to the lawsuit and Robert Berke, a Bridgeport solo practitioner representing Mendez.

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