A driver is suing police, claiming he was wrongly arrested after giving “a brief toot on his vehicle horn” when an officer’s vehicle did not move after a traffic light turned green.
Matthew N. Edwards, a resident of Troy, New York, said his arrest in July 2024 was retaliatory and unlawful, and led to several violations of his constitutional rights. The civil rights suit against Troy Police Department (TPD), its officer Taylor Gamache and the city of Troy was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York earlier this month.
Police bodycam footage obtained by Newsweek, above, and first published by local station WNYT shows the moment of the arrest…