Lawyer: Video will exonerate NYPD undercover officer charged in SUV-motorcycle brawl

Wojciech Braszczok, center left, with face covered, leaves the courthouse in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Braszczok, an undercover police detective, was charged with gang assault in a motorcycle rally that descended into violence in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) (The Associated Press)

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In a court sketch Wojciech Braszczok is seen in criminal court in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. Braszczok, an undercover police detective, was arrested as fallout from a burst of motorcyclist mayhem reached a new level, with investigators saying the officer was shown on video hitting and kicking an SUV before bikers attacked its driver. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Wiliams) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2013 file photo,The Range Rover involved in the bikers attack is moved from the police precinct for further police investigation in New York. An off-duty New York Police Department undercover detective apparently seen on video pounding on an SUV during a melee with motorcyclists has been arrested, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Karp, File) (The Associated Press)

NEW YORK – A lawyer for the undercover New York City police detective prosecutors have accused of participating in a motorcycle rally-turned-violent-melee says the video authorities used to incriminate him will ultimately exonerate him.

Attorney John Arlia has insisted the allegations against Det. Wojciech Braszczok (VOY'-chehk BRAZH'-ahk) are flawed because they are based on video that shows the rear SUV window he's accused of punching out during the Sept. 29 fight is already broken.

That video has not been made public. On Thursday, police continued to cull through other video in search of suspects in the headline-grabbing brawl.

Arlia says a video shows Braszczok was at least 12 feet away when an SUV driver was attacked. Braszczok has been suspended since his arrest Tuesday.

Police have made multiple arrests in the ongoing case.