The report said Murphy continued to take paper towels from the cart after several warnings and insisted he was entitled to them because he had paid his MARTA fare.
Murphy then went to a MARTA police phone and "began to make incoherent statements about being assaulted and officers trying to kill him," the report said.
The police report said the officer and another who responded to a call for assistance attempted to detain Murphy, who "then became violent and began to struggle while holding on to the telephone receiver." One officer suffered cuts to his forehead and beneath his eye and the other suffered a bloody nose.
Murphy, who was on probation at the time of the incident, was charged with two counts of battery, and one count each of obstruction and hindering of a law enforcement officer and criminal trespassing.
