Undercover NY Detective Gets 2 Years in Biker-SUV Melee

[jpak]

Source: ABC News

An undercover New York City police detective convicted for his role in the assault of an SUV driver by motorcyclists on a highway has been sentenced to two years in jail.

Wojciech Braszczok (VOY'-chehk BROOSH'-chahk) was given the sentence Wednesday in state Supreme Court by Justice Maxwell Wiley, who convicted him earlier this year.

The 34-year-old detective was off duty when the 2013 attack on driver Alexian Lien (lee-EHN') occurred. He testified he didn't intervene because he feared for his safety. He said he didn't intend to hurt Lien and fled.

Prosecutors used helmet camera footage of the bikers chasing after Lien and swarming his SUV to identify suspects. They say Lien ran over a motorcyclist before he was pulled from his Range Rover and beaten.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/undercover-ny-detective-years-biker-suv-melee-32905775

[question everything]

1. What about the other bikers?

I remember the event. Was really bad.

[1monster]

2. From the article: Eleven men were indicted..."

Video footage of the 2013 pursuit and assault showed the bikers surrounding Lien's Range Rover on a Manhattan exit ramp and shattering its windows before Lien, a married father, was pulled from it and beaten. Eleven men were indicted in the confrontation.

[cpwm17]

6. Good, they found that many of the perpetrators.

That was a terrible crime.

[PoliticAverse]

3. "Braszczok, who worked as an undercover officer during the Occupy Wall Street protest" n/t

[valerief]

4. I wonder if he'll go to one of those upscale prisons that don't house dangerous inmates. nt

[olddots]

5. we're living in a depressing Russian novel

[Blue_Tires]

7. ah...So like I said....

There wasn't any bullshit undercover operation or sting being set up...