Paralyzed by police after party brawl

A TEEN WHO WAS paralyzed from the neck down after a clash with a police officer early Sunday had been involved in a fight outside a Brooklyn catering hall, an official said.

The boy, 17, was attending a quinceañera party at the Widdi Catering Hall in Sunset Park when a brawl broke out just before 2:30 a.m., a law enforcement source said.

He was being restrained by people involved in the large dispute outside the hall. As police arrived, the teen managed to break free.

Several responding officers chased him a few blocks until one cop caught him, grabbed him and fell with the boy to the ground, the source said.

The officers took him into custody, but removed the handcuffs after he complained that he could feel nothing in his legs.

Cops called the boy’s mother and an ambulance, which took him to NYU Langone HospitalBrooklyn, where he was listed in serious condition.

Distraught family members at the hospital declined to comment.

“The subject is currently conscious and alert, and prognosis is still not clear at this time,” a law enforcement source said. “The incident remains under investigation.”

The NYPD has not named the officer involved or changed his duty status.

“I feel sad,” said the owner of the venue, Freddie Widdi, 39. “It’s sad (for this) to happen — even if he was bad or good.”