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Officers Andrew Torres, Jason Forgione and James Phillips of the 105th Precinct arrested Andrew James and allegedly searched his car without a warrant. A witness videotaped the whole incident on their phone.<\/em><\/p>\n The article, by John Marzulli, begins<\/a>:<\/p>\n Sure, they took a gun off the street \u2014 but the three NYPD cops allegedly did it illegally, then lied to make a criminal case, says a federal lawsuit.<\/em><\/p>\n The case fell apart because the cops did not know someone had videotaped them conducting an illegal search of a vehicle, then high-fiving each other when they found a handgun stashed in the engine compartment.<\/em><\/p>\n The man they arrested, Andrew James, filed a $3 million lawsuit against the cops Thursday for malicious prosecution and violating his civil rights stemming from the March 2012 encounter on Francis Lewis Boulevard in south Queens.<\/em><\/p>\n The piece goes on to state that when one of the cops was on the witness stand before a grand jury he testified that they found the gun “when he was doing a routine inventory of the Cadillac” at the stationhouse. As the video proved, that was a lie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Under the headline: Officers Andrew Torres, Jason Forgione and James Phillips of the 105th Precinct arrested Andrew James and allegedly searched his car without a warrant. A witness videotaped the whole incident on their phone. The article, by John Marzulli, … Continue reading