A seven-year NYPD veteran is suing the police over claims that he was violently attacked outside of his own home by cops, who were responding to a 911 call placed by his wife about a gun-wielding man who crashed their daughter's birthday party.

Larry Jackson contends that the cops mistook him for the perpetrator and beat him with batons, kicked him and doused him with pepper spray because he's black. He says he may be forced to retire due to a hand injury (to his shooting hand) that he sustained during the beating. The Queens district attorney's office looked into Jackson's allegations of excessive force by on-duty officers in the 113th precinct, but apparently found no wrongdoing. Jackson filed his lawsuit with the Brooklyn Federal Court.

When the incident first occurred last August, Jackson described the scene as something of a free for all, claiming that cops hit six of his family members and friends with batons, and said "I'm shocked, angry and disappointed..not everyone who lives in the 113th Precinct is a perp."