Burge torture victim claims police harassment after exoneration

“They claim that I actually, literally swung at him and that’s absolutely not true,” Caine insists. The police report states that Caine was “interfering with a DUI investigation and acted in a manner that gave Officer Laird a reasonable fear of receiving a battery.”

At an Aug. 2 hearing, Caine’s attorney, Brian Barrido, requested police audio and video recordings of the arrest, but was told by police that the Laird’s dashboard video camera was not on during the incident. Deputy Police Chief O’Shea declined to comment on the pending case but said the officer “was within compliance of state law and department policy regarding [the] camera.”

“Mr. Caine has provided his version to the media,” O’Shea added.

Barrido said he also subpoenaed audio from the station the night Caine was arrested. Caine claims that Laird taunted him, asking, “Why aren’t you driving your pretty car?” and, “Why can’t you act like normal blacks?”

Barrido also has requested video of Caine’s arrest on July 30. Laird pulled Caine over on the 700 block of North Harlem for playing his stereo too loud. He was arrested and charged with noise violation, driving with a suspended license and carrying an open container of alcohol.

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