New York cop James Frascatore who tackled James Blake was an 'arrogant' liar

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Ex-tennis pro James Blake was tackled by NYPD officers on Wednesday
Mother Nafeesah Hines, from New York, was also wrongly arrested in 2013
She said Officer Frascatore was 'arrogant' and refused to identify himself
Her lawyer says the officer 'treated her clients like dirt' and was 'out of line'

Published: 05:45 EST, 11 September 2015 | Updated: 09:57 EST, 11 September 2015

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'Out of line': NYPD officer James Frascatore has been accused of treated a mother-of-two 'like dirt' when he wrongly arrested her in 2013

A mother-of-two has come forward to reveal the ‘out of line’ behaviour of the officer who tackled retired tennis star James Blake, when he wrongly arrested her in 2013.

Nafeesah Hines, 45, from New York, was falsely arrested by the ‘arrogant’ Officer James Frascatore on a charge of tampering with evidence.

But her lawyer has revealed that the officer ‘treated her clients like dirt’.

Hines saw Officer Frascatore pinning her boyfriend, Warren Diggs, to the ground in the driveway of their home, with two other officers.

Diggs had been violently seized by the officers for riding his bike on the pavement, reported the NY Daily News.

Hines approached the group, and demanded the officers abide by department protocol by providing a first and last name and their badge numbers.

She said that even though she was recording the confrontation, Frascatore refused to identify himself.

Hines then moved the bike, which had been left in the yard outside, into the family home.

But soon officers were hammering on her front door, having called in back-up, to tell her she was tampering with evidence.

She said she would get the bike out of the house but Officer Frascatore, who has been with the NYPD for four years, allegedly pulled her out of her house before arresting her.

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Mistaken identity: Cops mistakenly tackled and arrested retired tennis star James Blake (right), who is of similar age and appearance to the unnamed suspect (left) in a case of credit card fraud operating out of Manhattan's The Grand Hyatt hotel

Shaken up: Former tennis star James Blake says he was tackled by five NYPD cops on Wednesday who mistook him for an identity-theft suspect

‘He was very arrogant, overly so,’ Hines said.

‘It’s lucky I recorded. If I hadn’t, forget it. There would have been no way to prove it.’

Hines sued the city for false arrest and settled out of court for $22,500, said her lawyer Amy Rameau.

‘He treated my clients like dirt. He showed no regard,’ said lawyer Rameau.

‘This guy has a tendency to act out of line.’

Hines added: ‘I’m at a total and complete loss as to why he’s out and about among the people.’

A police watchdog investigation found inconsistencies between Frascatore’s testimony and what was clearly shown in Hines’ recording.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board investigation also backed Hines’ claim that the officer refused to identify himself.

Scene: The incident happened outside the Grand Hyatt hotel on 42nd Street. Eventually Blake was released and allowed to leave for the U.S. Open

The charge of tampering with evidence laid against her was thrown out by a court.

The agency recommended the NYPD retrain Frascatore on protocol, but it is not clear whether or not the retraining took place.

The New York Police Commissioner has apologised to James Blake, 35, after a group of undercover officers mistakenly tackled and detained him on Wednesday.

Commissioner William Bratton admitted that he had ‘concerns about the takedown’, after it was reported the officers slammed him to the ground.

He said that the way Blake described being ‘body-slammed’ to the ground is ‘very disturbing’ and not the way officers are trained to behave.

'We want to apologise': New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton (left) says he and Mayor Bill de Blasio had been trying to get in contact with Blake to say sorry and that the mishap 'should never have happened'

Traumatic: James Blake speaks to the waiting press pack outside his Manhattan hotel Wednesday after being mistaken for a suspect and tackled by the police at the same spot earlier in the day

The former tennis pro has insisted that the officers used improper force.

Police say an eye witness had identified him as a suspect in a case of credit card fraud.

Despite claims that the arrest was racially-motivated, Commissioner Bratton described the suspect as someone who ‘looks like the twin brother of Mr Blake’.

Officer Frascatore has been put on desk duty while the department conducts an internal investigation, Bratton said.