Man: Cop beat me, stopped me from seeing dying mom

A grieving son alleges a Nassau County police officer threw him to the ground and prevented him from seeing his mother in her last moments inside Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow early Saturday morning.

Gary Leifer, 60, of Merrick, said the officer beat and restrained him in a dispute over where Leifer had parked his car after he followed the ambulance carrying his mother to the hospital.

“He picks me up and he body slams me,” said Leifer, describing his interaction with the First Precinct officer and another officer who he said also restrained him. “He had one knee on my side and one knee on the side of my head for 20 minutes. And I’m just yelling, ‘Please, let me see my mother!’ ”

Det. Lt. Richard LeBrun, the department’s chief spokesman, on Tuesday said the Internal Affairs Unit is investigating Leifer’s claims.

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