1 cent for cop bash of Occupier

YOUR PAIN is worth a penny. That’s the message a jury sent an Occupy Wall Street protester who sued the city, alleging he was a victim of police brutality.

Eric Gersbacher claimed NYPD Deputy Inspector Edward Winski used excessive force while arresting him for failing to move in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on Sept. 20, 2011.

In Manhattan Federal Court on Monday, a jury found that Gersbacher’s bust was problematic — but he isn’t entitled to any monetary damages — save 1 cent.

“A federal jury found that the commanding officer of the NYPD’s 1st Precinct violated the constitutional rights of a 20-yearold college honor student on the third day of Occupy Wall Street,” said Gersbacher’s lawyer Wylie Stecklow, who hailed the result as a victory.

The city said that the lack of a money judgment speaks volumes.

“The one penny verdict shows the jury agreed this case had very little merit,” said Pat Miller, head of the Law Department’s Special Federal Litigation Division.