Jahmel Leach is only 16-years old and ended up bloodied in the hospital with a serious gash on his face after a disturbing interaction with the New York Police Department (NYPD.)

According to the New York Post, the Bronx teen was participating in a protest when police “shot the minor with a taser three times in the head, leg and shoulder.”

He has also been accused of participating in the rioting that paralized parts of the New York City last week, but the New York Post reports that the Leach family has said, “Jahmel Leach was not involved in any acts of violence.”

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The family also accuses the police of holding Leach “against his will and legal right” and claims his mother was “never notified that he was in police custody.”

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio released the following statement, “I’ve spoken to Jahmel’s family and I’m really troubled by what they told me.