"3 officers acquitted in suspect abuse case" by Associated Press | February 23, 2010
NEW YORK - A New York City police officer accused of sodomizing a drug suspect in a subway station was acquitted yesterday after defense attorneys spent weeks chipping away at the credibility of the accuser, a self-professed gang member who admits to smoking pot regularly.
Yeah, that's like testimony from a hooker: instantly disqualified even though it has the lowest toxicity of all drugs.
Officer Richard Kern had faced as many as 25 years in prison if convicted of aggravated sexual abuse, while colleagues Andrew Morales and Alex Cruz could have been sentenced to four years on charges of hindering prosecution.
Oh, the cops got off, huh? Imagine my surprise here in AmeriKa.
The defendants’ families sighed loudly and cried softly as the verdict was read.
Who can blame them. There is no Justice in AmeriKa.
After jurors were dismissed, the officers hugged their attorneys and families, and representatives from their union clapped each other on the back.
The man accusing the officers, Michael Mineo, was not in the courtroom for the verdict. Outside court, he said he had a feeling the case would turn out as it did.
Pot makes you a psychic?
Mineo has filed a $440 million lawsuit against the city. His lawyer, Stephen Jackson, said the lawsuit would continue and would be unaffected by the outcome of the criminal case.
The beating that New York taxpayers are going to take thanks to sadistic cops.
Also see:
- The Patterson Probe
- Massa of the House
- Rangel Removed From House Chair
- Ford Passes on New York Senate Seat
- Vote could dissolve storied N.Y. village
- NYC woman to be arraigned in hit-and-run
- Police say mother strangled N.Y. college student
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