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Related: About this forumSan Marcos TX Thug Cop Arrested For Slamming Girl Facedown & Breaking Four Teeth
It's a start. We need more thug cops in jail.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)K&R
blackspade
(10,056 posts)What an asshole.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)will be. And yes, I know the "few bad apples" argument is mostly bullshit - it's the whole system, really, that's rotten (or semi-rotten at the least) - but positive change is positive change. I for one certainly won't spit on it, if it does happen.
delrem
(9,688 posts)so the perps get away with it.
The more people who're savvy enough to know how to use their phone's video function, and how to use it in an instant and who have the guts to use it, the better.
SoLeftIAmRight
(4,883 posts)Locals are not so lucky. There is even a difference in how on campus and off campus students are treated. Make no mistake, that pig hurt the local business and that is the sin for which he is being punished.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)TexasTowelie
(112,224 posts)AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)xocet
(3,871 posts)Note that the "race" of the victims made no difference here:
The Manhattan DA's office has announced that it will not prosecute the NYPD officer who appeared to pepper spray Occupy Wall Street protesters without provocation in a widely seen video. Inspector Tony Bologna, who was immortalized in a truly hilarious Daily Show segment called The Vigilogna, was disciplined by the NYPD for pepper spraying two women who were caught behind mesh police netting during a demonstration in 2011. The department docked him 10 vacation days and reassigned him to Staten Island, but the DA has decided there's not enough evidence to prosecute him on criminal charges.
The District Attorneys Office has concluded, after a thorough investigation, that we cannot prove these allegations criminally beyond a reasonable doubt," says Erin M. Duggan, chief spokeswoman for DA Cy Vance. "We have informed the Police Department, the complainants, and the City of our decision. The DA has also decided not to prosecute Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona, who sucker-punched a protester without provocation in full view of the press during an Occupy Wall Street march in October 2011.
The announcement, made late on a Friday afternoon with the eyes of America focused on the Boston bombing manhunt, is bound to perplex anyone who watches video of the two incidents. Gothamist's Chris Robbins personally witnessed Cardona sucker-punch protester Felix Rivera-Pitre and was the first to report on the incident. But don't believe your silly eyes, one law enforcement source tells us!
"It was not clear from the evidence that their actions were not justified," says a source with knowledge of the prosecutors' decision. "These were two on-duty members of law enforcement, reacting during a chaotic scene that included much more than the short video clips that most people have seen. The minutes before and after the incidents create significant doubt as to the criminality of the officers actions."
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http://gothamist.com/2013/04/19/da_wont_prosecute_infamous_ows_pepp.php
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)Where's that Louis Black clip?
xocet
(3,871 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)tblue
(16,350 posts)black or Latino/Latina 'suspect'?
BlackHoleSon
(100 posts)They took away his LEO mustache!
Left Coast2020
(2,397 posts)..is now claiming/filing for Workers Comp. for emotional stress or some stupid shit like that. But wasn't San Marcos the same town where that woman was slammed by a cop in the department office? She did sue too.
Kelselsius
(50 posts)Does anybody truly think this thug cop will be punished? He will be transfered or put on paid leave or some other minor slap on the wrist. The reason cops do these things is because they know they won't get in any real trouble.