sucker punch guy out of jail. charges downgraded from attempted murder to assault, victim in coma

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/bui-van-phu-released-without-bail-bronx-sucker-punch-attack/

NEW YORK -- The suspect in a violent unprovoked attack in the Bronx was released without bail Thursday.

Charges against 55-year-old Bui Van Phu were downgraded from attempted murder to assault and harassment.


Surveillance video shows Phu hit Jesus Cortes in the back of the head, knocking him to the ground on East 188th Street in Fordham.

The Bronx District Attorney says Cortes has a fractured skull and is currently in a coma.

[IcyPeas]

1. I'm sorry, am I misunderstanding this? WTF?

From link...

Phu has been on parole since 2015 for a felony sex crime.

[Demovictory9]

2. He raped a teen at gunpoint

[LisaL]

4. Shouldn't his parole be revoked and his a$$ thrown back to prison?

[Judi Lynn]

21. Here are other mugshots taken in the gap between 2015 and his near murder of Jesus Cortes:

[LisaL]

3. Am I missing something?

If someone is out on parole (for rape), and then violently punches an innocent victim, shouldn't that parole be revoked?
Victim is in the hospital in a coma as far as I can tell.
And the attacker is walking free.

[Demovictory9]

5. I don't understand it either

[LisaL]

6. What are the conditions of his parole that he can

violently attack people on the street and not violate the parole?
Haul his a$$ back to prison.

[rubbersole]

7. The karma fairy needs to visit this asshole.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. Sometimes it is so depressing to read the news every morning.

This is so fucked up.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. People don't understand that the courts

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I see this locally, people don't understand that our justice system doesn't take assault very seriously as a crime.

We have a violent drunk in our neighborhood, and he's got a record a mile long. At the beginning of Summer he approached a woman with her little daughter in broad daylight at a little league game and asked her for money, when she refused he attacked her, punching her in the face. People chased him off, he then exposed himself to some children and resisted arrest. The Nextdoor chat about the incident revealed that people thought he as going away for years. I even got people to write the judge and prosecutors. He also was a convicted sex offender who was out of compliance with his registry. He did 75 days total in jail. People are just stunned, but I'm not, assault is just not a big deal in the courts. This woman was traumatized, her daughter is in therapy and refuses to go to parks anymore, it's an event that is going to effect their lives for years. But the Right Wing judge with a Right Wing prosecutor let this guy off with a slap on the wrist. He's already released and menacing the neighborhood.

Our system is out of whack. Violent crimes like assault need to come with serious consequences. The criminal code seems to care more about drug and property crimes. Someone who sucker punches someone like this is a grave danger to society, they need to be removed from our communities for a long time.

[LisaL]

14. Exactly.

Violent un-provoked assault that ends up with a victim in the coma shouldn't be classified as a misdemeanor.

[Johnny2X2X]

17. Even regular assaults need harsher punishments

There are men that get in scores of bar fights in their lives and never do any real time over it. If it's like your 8th misdemeanor assault charge, that person needs to face years in prison.

I bounced at bars, at one we had a regular who would get arrested almost every week for fighting, and he'd rarely even spend a full night in jail over it. Was always just nothing more than a hassle for him, after like his 25th arrest he finally got 60 days in jail, most of his other sentences were a weekend in jail, or at most 10 days. Guy left a trail of black eyes, broken teeth, and broken jaws in his wake for decades and never faced any real consequences over it. And of course when you're fighting that much, you're really good at it and the people you're assaulting have no idea who they're up against.

One problem is that when people are assaulted, there's a shame associated with pressing charges. Few guys who lose a bar fight want to relive it in court. And even the violent drunk in my neighborhood has assaulted women and had them not press charges. There's a great deal of victim shaming that is engrained in our culture.

[Demovictory9]

20. " the Right Wing judge with a Right Wing prosecutor let this guy off " AND every news story

about something like this is followed with comments "left wing cities, blah blah", "libs are anti crime"

[kacekwl]

10. Stories like this are what fuels the

"Bleeding heart liberals" narrative. No matter who is responsible for decisions like this the pukes will blame the democrats and it works.

[LisaL]

11. If it works its because it is outrageous.

A sex offender out on parole violently punches an un-suspecting victim (who is now in a coma) for no apparent reason, and is out (he didn't even have to post bail).
Who decided this was a way to deal with violent criminals?

[Elessar Zappa]

12. It's generally rightwing judges

that don’t take assault seriously. They tend to throw the book at drug users but assault? Not so much.

[LisaL]

13. I don't think this is a right wing judge.

"Judge Giyang An formerly served with the Bronx County District Attorney's Office in the Criminal Court, Intake, and Narcotics Bureaus, and the Gun Readiness Unit of the Trial Bureau. She most recently served as an Assistant Attorney General with the Office of the New York State Attorney General in the Torts Section of the Claims Bureau, Division of State Counsel. She also teaches as an Adjunct Professor of Law, Lawyering, and Legal Writing at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University. She is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine and received her J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University."

https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/861-21/mayor-de-blasio-appoints-1-judge-family-court-4-judges-criminal-court-7-judges-civil

[Elessar Zappa]

16. Not saying this particular judge is rightwing,

I’m just saying, in general, those are my observations.

[Johnny2X2X]

18. The prosecutor has more say than the judge

It's the prosecutor who would seek to or agree to downgrading charges. The judge can say no, but they rarely do.

[kacekwl]

15. You may be right but

these stories are told by the "law and order" party as generalities with no context to blame libs.

[The Protagonist]

19. This is Trump's America

This is what he has sent in motion. Disregard for the law.

[Midnight Writer]

22. Notice he put on gloves first so he wouldn't hurt his hands. Guy is dangerous and out of control.

He will keep attacking people until he is stopped.

[IcyPeas]

23. BREAKING: He has been detained again..... thanks to Gov Kathy Hochul

NEW: Gov. Kathy Hochul says the state has detained Bui Van Phu, 55, after he was released without bail after murder charge was downgraded

...

"I directed the Department of Corrections and Community Service supervision to immediately examine whether or not this parole violation occurred. Yes, it did" Hochul said

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[LisaL]

24. While I am very glad that perp is where he belongs (jail)

it shouldn't take a governor to make sure someone like this perp doesn't end up back on the street.