judge sympathizes with NYPD officer who just "snapped". gives him probation

[Demovictory9]

A veteran NYPD sergeant got a slap on the wrist Wednesday after pleading guilty to slugging two handcuffed suspects — with a Manhattan judge saying the hothead cop just “snapped.”

Sgt. Phillip Wong, a 16-year member of the department, was sentenced in Manhattan Supreme Court to two years of probation, 70 hours of community service and anger management or counseling after pleading guilty to assault and attempted assault.

Wong, 37, had faced jail time after admitting to punching a suspect in a holding cell and attacking a man who yelled anti-Asian slurs at him during an arrest.

Prosecutors with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office had requested a 60-day sentence, pointing out the cop knew he was being investigated by the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau for the first attack when he pounced on a second suspect six months later.

But Acting Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber disagreed, sympathizing with Wong over the pressures of the uniform and citing the officer’s “unblemished” police record.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/02/nypd-sergeant-gets-light-sentence-for-attacks-against-suspects/

[dlk]

1. How does someone "snap"?

Are they like a rubber band? Do they snap back? Seriously? The truth is, the officer made a decision at some point and the judge enabled him to do it again.