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LinkPhiladelphia police have launched an internal investigation after a teenager allegedly suffered a ruptured testicle during a pat-down.
Darrin Manning, 16, was with a group of teammates on their way to an after-school basketball game at 15th and Girard Streets when he was stopped by police officers.
Manning says he was handcuffed and patted down by a female police officer, who grabbed and pulled his genitals. He underwent emergency surgery the following day.
Manning, a straight-A student at Mathematics, Civics & Sciences Charter School, says that he was stopped for no reason.
'I didn't deserve to be wrongly stopped. They didn't - they didn't tell me what I did,' Manning told Fox 29.
While he was handcuffed, Manning says, one of the officers assaulted him.
'She patted me down again, and then I felt her reach, and she grabbed my butt. And then she grabbed and squeezed again and pulled down. And that's when I heard something pop, like I felt it pop,' Manning said.
Doctors say he may never be able to father children.