NYPD officer Evans Mazile, the cop who was recorded smashing an unarmed alleged fare-beater's face with a nightstick last month, has been on paid leave since then with an injured wrist he apparently sustained during the encounter, DNAinfo reports.

Yesterday evening, Donovan Lawson allegedly tried to fare-beat at the Myrtle Avenue-Broadway JMZ station. An NYPD officer at the station responded by smashing Lawson's face in with a nightstick, causing blood to gush down the 20-year-old's face.