I’m quick to give police the benefit of the doubt. I rarely feel good when an officer gets criminally charged. But an unprovokedassault on someone that could have been me? F**k ‘im. I’ve written about this incident before. The big offense, interestingly, isn’t for assaulting the guy. Early reports are that he’s just going to get a misdemeanor bang on…
In the New York Times, Christine Hauser writes a very good article about “desk duty” in the NYPD. “An officer… spent more than 18 months watching surveillance video while authorities investigated an accusation that he had struck a suspect. [He] was eventually cleared of the charge.” In Baltimore they call getting mired in the department discipline process “jackpotting” because it’s…
Michael Mineo is lying. I’ve said it beforeand I’ll say it again. That’s what I think. So why is a grand jury being started on the case? Does that mean there is truth behind Mineo’s claim? No. Here’s what I think is the story. Michael Mineo won’t release his medical records because they don’t support his lies. The grand jury…
There’s a story in many New York City papers today about accusations that 5 members of the NYPD stuck something up a guy’s ass ala Louima. Google any NY paper for the details. I’d just like to go on record as saying, “Bullshit. It ain’t true.” Do I know? No. You’ll just have to trust me on this one. Complete…
There’s more about that here. Also interesting (if it weren’t, would I post it?). “Officers Seeking Fare Evaders Often Find Worse Crimes.” And here’s a first hand account of the shooting from the L.T.
The New York Times reports. The Queensbridge Homes are not too far from where I live. A man who was being arrested for using a student MetroCard on Tuesday evening struggled with two plainclothes police officers in a Queens subway station and then shot them with the gun of one of the officers, the police said. The gunman was then…
The Timessaysthe LT who ordered the Tas is getting in trouble. Supposedly the Posthas a video. I wonder if it will change my mind. Here’s the link. Hmmmm…. Unfortunately the video doesn’t clear much up. It doesn’t show the interaction between the light bulb and cop on the fire escape. That’s what I want to see. Was the officer being…
In 2007, the Kansas City Police Department reported a 22% drop in crime to the state (and to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report). Now it turns out that crime actually went up 10%. The department basically blames this mix-up on a paperwork mess. Sounds fishy. But having worked in a real big city police department, I kind of believe them.…
One of my students told me that police took 14 guns off the streets of Harlem last night. This after the annual African-American Day Parade. Seven people were shot (give or take one or two). This isn’t in any of today’s papers. Say what?! The parade ended in the afternoon. The tough kids come out at night. Between 11pm and…
No surprise here. The question is what will happen to the officer.