(Reuters) - New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton said on Thursday he was concerned over the level of force used in the arrest of former U.S. tennis star James Blake, who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring.
Bratton said he wanted to speak to Blake to apologize for the incident, and so police could hear his version of events.
Blake, who is black, was surrounded by six plainclothes officers outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday while waiting for a car to take him to the U.S. Tennis Open. One of the officers slammed him to the ground before handcuffing him.