Retired tennis player James Blake wants an apology after New York City police used what he describes as excessive force on him in a case of mistaken identity on Wednesday.
The former fourth-ranked player in the world said he was glancing at his cellphone while waiting outside Manhattan's Grand Hyatt New York hotel on his way to the U.S. Open. According to Blake, he looked up to find five plainclothes police officers rushing him.
One of the officers threw him to the ground and handcuffed him, Blake said.
Turns out Blake was misidentified by a witness as someone who fraudulently purchased a cellphone.