BAYONNE -- A city man has filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey State Police trooper, claiming he and other troopers racially profiled him, smashed his car window and wrongly arrested him following a traffic stop in 2014 that was captured on video.

Dennis J. Ortiz "is an upstanding member of our community," said attorney Joel Silberman, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of the 20-year-old. "Absent his dark complexion, long dreadlocks and litany of tattoos, I am almost certain he would not have been treated in this fashion."

A spokesman for the State Police said the division does not comment on pending litigation.

Dennis J. Ortiz, 20, of Bayonne, has filed a suit against a New Jersey State Police trooper alleging he and unnamed troopers racially profiled him, smashed his car windows and arrested him on false charges in an incident captured on video.

On April 28, 2014, Ortiz was driving with his girlfriend from Pennsylvania to New Jersey when he was pulled over by Trooper Robert J. Murray on Route 78 in Tewskbury, in Hunterdon County, at 1:30 a.m. for driving 110 mph.

When told of the speed, Ortiz is seen on the video saying "absolutely."

The lawsuit says Ortiz was given a field sobriety test without proper cause and then harassed after he returned to his car.

State Police Capt. Stephen Jones said Ortiz was given a sobriety test because the trooper detected the odor of alcohol in the car.

Ortiz is seeking damages, punitive damages, interest, attorney fees, costs and "all such other relief as this court may deem appropriate, equitable, and just."

In the video, which was recorded by Ortiz's girlfriend, additional troopers arrive, and one of them asks Ortiz to step out of the car to discuss something. Ortiz is told that he is not under arrest, and he tells the trooper that if he just wants to talk, he would prefer to do so while inside the vehicle, through the partially opened window.

The video shows Ortiz and his girlfriend being told "he is now under arrest" after he refused to get out of the car; and moments later an officer smashes his window, opens the door and pulls him from the car.

"At that point, and in an effort to cover up defendant's own unlawful conduct and racial profiling, Murray falsely" charged Ortiz with obstruction and resisting arrest.

Jones said troopers found that Ortiz's license was expired. He also said that troopers at the scene said Ortiz's girlfriend appeared to be intoxicated, so neither one was going to be allowed to drive the vehicle from the scene.

And while he could not comment on the lawsuit, Jones said in an email "getting someone out of the car to tell them they would not be allowed to continue on their way in their vehicle is a tactic to try to avoid a pursuit."

According to Silberman, Ortiz appeared in Tewksbury Municipal Court in September 2014 and pleaded guilty to traveling 79 mph in a 65 mph zone -- a two-point offense. However, the criminal complaints against Ortiz were dismissed in their entirety, Silberman added.

Ortiz was also issued summonses for reckless driving, which was eventually dropped, and being an unlicensed driver, which was later amended to failure to exhibit, Silberman said.

The suit alleges Murray and unnamed troopers used "unreasonable and/or excessive force" in smashing the car windows and it also accuses each officer of failing to prevent the use of excessive force.

Finally, the lawsuit alleges the officers assaulted Ortiz by touching and arresting him without cause, conspiracy, and intentionally or negligently inflicting emotional distress.

Silberman said Ortiz was fired from his job as a mechanic on the day of the traffic stop because he was unable to get to work as result of the incident. Ortiz, who now freelances as a tattoo artist, has "become reclusive and fearful to leave his house at times," Silberman said.

"Hopefully one day in the near future these incidents of racial profiling and excessive force on our state highways will cease once and for all," the attorney said.

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that the initial summonses of reckless driving and unlicensed driving were either dropped or amended.