NYPD officer Michael Ackermann was convicted Thursday on a felony charge of of falsifying a record to justify the 2012 arrest of a New York Times photographer in the Bronx, the New York Times reports.

New York Times Photographer Claims He Received NYPD Beat Down Last Night While Doing His Job

A.J. Daulerio

8/06/12 1:51am

Robert Stolarik, a freelance photographer for the New York Times, had this happen to him while "taking photographs of a brewing street fight at McClellan Street and Sheridan Avenue in the Concourse neighborhood," according to the Times:

NYPD Officer Convicted of Lying About Photographer's Arrest

New York Times Photographer Claims He Received NYPD Beat Down Last Night While Doing His Job

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