Michael DeHerrera is dealing with more than disappointment over the reinstatement of two cops fired for beating Michael in 2009.

His dad says he can't get a job because that two-year-old arrest remains on his record -- a chronic problem in cases like these, according to the ACLU.

"He's applied for these jobs, and everything's looking good, it gets down to the final process, and then once [the prospective employer] does the criminal history, his arrest from Denver P.D. comes up, and he's disqualified," Anthony DeHerrera said.

"I ran my own CBI (Colorado Bureau of Investigation) check on him, and sure enough, the resisting arrest is still on there, the interference with an officer is on there.

So who's going to hire him when they see that?"