Brian Fitzgerald is reporting in the Times Union a civil complaint has been filed in federal court by a man accusing Hudson police of prolonged harassment and badly beating him twice in a garage under the city police station. Filed in U.S. District Court in Albany on Tues., Mar. 4, the complaint alleges Jermaine McCrae was followed around the city and taunted by police several times from June 2011 through August 2012. During that time, the complaint states, McCrae was arrested on charges that were ultimately dropped or greatly reduced and he was assaulted after two arrests. One of the alleged beatings caused a fractured rib. Hudson Police Chief Edward L. Moore, who was not the chief at the time of the alleged incidents, told the Times Union he has not seen the complaint but, "Whatever facts are needed I'll bring them out." The suit names the city, the police department, Hudson Police Commissioner Gary Graziano and former chief Ellis Richardson, and several officers. McCrae and his lawyer said the FBI looked into the allegations at the request of the Columbia County District Attorney's Office. The district attorney's office did not return calls from the paper for comment. Read the full story in the Times Union.