The New York Police Department's controversial stop-and-frisk practice is back in the news after a Staten Island NYPD officer was accused of false arrest. According to court documents, the Staten Island cop falsely arrested an African American man in Stapleton, and the day after the arrest bragged to a friend about the incident using a racial slur. The 32-year-old officer allegedly involved in the incident is expected to plead guilty.

The alleged false arrest occurred on April 15, 2011 when the 32-year-old officer and his partner spotted an African American man walking on a street in Stapleton. The officers ordered the man to remove his hands from his pockets and allegedly pushed the man against a parked vehicle. According to the suit, the officers frisked the man in a rough manner, but no contraband or weapons were found.

The man, who was the target of the stop-and-frisk, voiced his displeasure about his treatment and asked the 32-year-old officer for his name and badge number. According to prosecutors, as the man walked away from the officers he shouted insults. The officers then crossed the street and arrested the man.

The police officer later explained the arrest to his superior, and the officer said he arrested the man after the man pushed him and started to wrestle with him. According to court documents, the officer said it eventually took four men to arrest the man. Afterward, the officer completed a complaint report in which he claimed the man resisted arrest.

The man was held in custody for 36 hours and accepted an offer to plead guilty to disorderly conduct because he feared he would remain in jail for days.

According to the suit, the day after the arrest, the officer bragged to a friend in an intercepted phone call that he "fried another n-----."

The officer is currently suspended without pay and is the subject of attempted extortion and wire fraud charges as well.

Source: Staten Island Advance, "Staten Island cop accused of making false arrest, racist remark expected to enter guilty plea," Jan. 13, 2012