JERSEY CITY — The City Council this week is scheduled to approve a $25,000 settlement for a man who alleges cops attacked him and falsely charged him with crimes outside the Salem Lafayette housing complex two years ago.

Jeremy Rennick sued Jersey City, its police department and four officers in federal court last year, claiming the March 19, 2016 arrest violated his civil rights. His attorneys and a city spokeswoman declined to comment on the settlement proposal, which is up for council approval on Wednesday night.

Rennick's six-count lawsuit offers a drastically different version of events than the one described by authorities after his arrest.

Cops accused Rennick of punching one officer and dragging a second one with his car before being taken into custody. He was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, eluding police and resisting arrest.

The lawsuit says surveillance video showed the cops' accounts to be untrue. Officers Humberto Balbosa and Kevin Geib ambushed Rennick and launched a "violent, unprovoked" attack after he stepped out of his car, according to the lawsuit.

A spokesman for the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said the charges against Rennick were dismissed in October 2016. By that point, Rennick had already spent six months behind bars, according to his lawsuit.

Rennick also named Sgt. Thomas Broderick and Officer Chris Koszyk as defendants. A request for comment from the spokesman for Jersey City's police unions was not returned.

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