Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Wednesday that a New York City Police Department officer has been indicted on a misdemeanor assault charge after allegedly being caught on video punching a homeless man who prosecutors say had been "acting erratically" while placing him under arrest.

NYPD Officer Juan Perez, 42, is accused of punching Borim Husenaj in the face six times during an encounter in Greenwich Village in November 2021. Bragg said the victim sustained a broken nose, had bruising around the eyes, and he was knocked unconscious. 

Perez, who works in the 6th Precinct, is charged with one count of assault in the third degree, a Class A misdemeanor. 

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"As we allege, the defendant’s assault caused the victim to suffer substantial pain," Bragg said in a statement. "Police officers are often put in challenging situations, but they must use their training appropriately and treat the residents of New York City with respect." 

On Nov. 10, 2021, Perez and his partner responded to a radio transmission about an individual acting erratically on the corner of Bleecker and Sullivan streets, according to court documents and statements made on the record. As they were driving to respond to the original incident, they encountered Husenaj on nearby MacDougal Street, and he had "been acting erratically and was holding a bottle of alcohol," prosecutors said. Perez told the victim to sit on a chair on the sidewalk and took the bottle from his hand.

Husenaj continued talking to Perez and repeatedly sought to stand up, according to Bragg's office. Perez eventually called for an ambulance because he believed that the victim was intoxicated. Eventually, after a continued verbal back and forth, Perez allegedly pushed Husenaj against the wall and sought to handcuff him. 

Both Perez and Husenaj eventually fell to the ground and began to struggle with each other. Perez's partner returned from the vehicle and helped subdue the victim. 

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"Perez then proceeded to rapidly punch the victim six times in the face, who was lying on the ground defenseless," according to Bragg's office. "He was brought to the hospital, where he was diagnosed with a broken nose and significant swelling." 

Bystander video of the encounter then circulated online. Court documents, cited by N.Y. Daily News, reportedly said body camera footage of the incident shows that Husenaj was mentally unstable and was rambling about God and his belief that he was being targeted by terrorists. While late testing confirmed Husenaj was intoxicated at the time, "all objective evidence makes clear that he was also in the throes of a serious psychiatric crisis," court documents say. 

Perez has been suspended without pay, the New York Post reported. Public records show Perez, who joined the NYPD in 2006, was transferred to the Fleet Services Division on May 18. 

City records show Perez, an officer since 2006, has had nine complaints against him, including allegations involving physical force, but none were substantiated. Records also show he was disciplined for a 2014 off-duty threatening incident.

The announcement comes as New York City is still reeling from the subway choke hold death of Jordan Neely and subsequent second degree manslaughter charges brought against Marine veteran Daniel Penny. Neely was homeless and had more than 40 prior arrests, and prosecutors said he had been threatening passengers aboard the subway train on May 1. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Priyanka Chopra is reflecting upon her time as an actress, detailing a moment where she felt her boundaries were crossed.

An India native, Chopra's career accelerated after she won the Miss World 2000 pageant. She began starring in Bollywood films, and was hired to work with a director she was unfamiliar with. "This may have been 2002 or '03," she told The Zoe Report.

"I’m undercover, I’m seducing the guy — obviously that’s what girls do when they’re undercover," she explained of her character. "But I’m seducing the guy and you have to take off one piece of clothing [at a time]. I wanted to layer up. The filmmaker was like, ‘No, I need to see her underwear. Otherwise why is anybody coming to watch this movie?’"

"He didn’t say it to me," she recalled of the heartbreaking moment. "He said it to the stylist in front of me. It was such a dehumanizing moment."

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"It was a feeling of, ‘I’m nothing else outside of how I can be used, my art is not important, what I contribute is not important,'" she remembered thinking of herself.

Chopra said she continued working for two more days, ultimately walking off the project. Supported by her late father, Chopra chose to pay back the production team all that was previously spent on filming.

"I just couldn't look at him every day," the actress, 40, said of the unnamed director.

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A representative for the actress did not immediately return Fox News Digital's request for comment.

Several years later, Chopra would eventually transition from Bollywood to Hollywood, a move she says was challenging. She is now married to musician Nick Jonas. The two share daughter Malti, 1.

"People didn’t want to take meetings with me because they thought I was a Bollywood actor and I couldn’t do mainstream American movies," she said of her pivot to the United States.

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"I had been on the cover of this [fashion] magazine six times in India and they wouldn’t take a meeting with me in America. Because they were like, ‘Oh, I don’t know what we’ll do with her.’"

Today, Chopra is one of the highest-paid Indian actresses in Hollywood. 

"I was 17 years old when I started doing this. I’ve been picked apart — my actions, decisions have been scrutinized," she said while acknowledging she created a different public and private personality for herself. 

"I’ve learned how to protect myself by building barriers and walls," she added, "[but] now that I’ve done this for long enough, the lines are blurring for me. The public person and the real person are kind of becoming the same."

"I’m more comfortable talking about myself to you than I would have been five years ago. I was a lot more guarded," Chopra admitted, "Maybe it’s maturity, maybe it’s coming into my own, finding a confidence in yourself and not seeking. I’m still figuring that out."