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by Azathoth » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:45 pm
Thomas D. Raffaele, a 69-year-old justice of the New York State Supreme Court, encountered a chaotic scene while walking down a Queens street with a friend: Two uniformed police officers stood over a shirtless man lying facedown on the pavement. The man’s hands were cuffed behind his back and he was screaming. A crowd jeered at the officers.
But within minutes, he said, one of the two officers became enraged — and the judge became his target. The officer screamed and cursed at the onlookers, some of whom were complaining about what they said was his violent treatment of the suspect, and then he focused on Justice Raffaele, who was wearing a T-shirt and jeans. The judge said the officer rushed forward and, using the upper edge of his hand, delivered a sharp blow to the judge’s throat that was like what he learned when he was trained in hand-to-hand combat in the Army.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/06/nyreg ... f=nyregion
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by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jun 06, 2012 6:47 pm
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by Svartalf » Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:58 pm
I suspect that more than one head might roll... the offending officer's partner did not restrain him, the sergeant who arrived on site dismissed the complaint offhandedly... I suspect the commish will want to do a mani pulite in Queens... if only to make sure Bloomberg doesn't make campaigning material of him.
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by mistermack » Thu Jun 07, 2012 12:01 am
Svartalf wrote:I suspect that more than one head might roll... the offending officer's partner did not restrain him, the sergeant who arrived on site dismissed the complaint offhandedly... I suspect the commish will want to do a mani pulite in Queens... if only to make sure Bloomberg doesn't make campaigning material of him.
Judge or not, it's one man's word against another's.
If there is video evidence to back up what he said, then heads will really roll.
Otherwise, they will get away with it.
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by Warren Dew » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:19 am
Azathoth wrote:Justice Raffaele, who was wearing a T-shirt and jeans.
I notice Raffaele is wearing a jacket and tie in the photo for the column. I guess he learned his lesson.
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by Svartalf » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:48 am
Corporatism is alive and well, and it's not just any judge... it's a very highly respected one with a strong record on civil rights... Piss that one off, and the whole judicial body in NY might feel a lot less cooperative... a real bother when you need search warrants signed 2 hours ago.
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by Robert_S » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:26 am
The cop will ask for a jury trial and get off. Judges across the nation will riot and burn down their country clubs.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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by JimC » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:48 am
Robert_S wrote:The cop will ask for a jury trial and get off. Judges across the nation will riot and burn down their country clubs.
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
And my gin!
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by FBM » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:56 am
JimC wrote:Robert_S wrote:The cop will ask for a jury trial and get off. Judges across the nation will riot and burn down their country clubs.
I also
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by Warren Dew » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:03 am
Robert_S wrote:The cop will ask for a jury trial and get off. Judges across the nation will riot and burn down their country clubs.
Now you have me hoping Dershowitz will take the cop's case!
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