“Westfield Police respond to YouTube video claiming officer lied, gave false ticket,”

 “Westfield Police respond to YouTube video claiming officer lied, gave false ticket,”

 by TAPIntoWestfield’s Jackie Lieberman: ”Westfield Police Chief Christopher Battiloro said the department is investigating after a new YouTube video came out that appears to show a rookie Westfield police officer giving a driver a false ticket in retaliation for the driver flipping the officer the middle finger. The video was posted to YouTube Wednesday on LackLuster, a channel dedicated to keeping public officials accountable. It uses the driver’s dash camera video from Aug. 6, as well as police video. In the video, the officer, Ayad Taha, tells the driver, Nate (whose last name was removed) that he was going 48 miles per hour in a 35 mile per hour zone, though the video footage appears to show otherwise. He ultimately gives the driver a ticket for ‘careless driving.’”

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