Posted on 06/23/2009 12:42:22 PM PDT by buccaneer81
Cop taped beating Chicago bartender gets probation By DON BABWIN Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels.
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Gee, good thing he didn’t do anything wrong, huh? He might have had to write how bad he was on the blackboard about 20 times.
“... was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes”
Test him for steroid abuse.
Yet another travesty. This was a felony and it should have been several years in jail. I suppose he is to be reinstated to the Police Force as well.
Way harsh sentence. Way harsh. /s
Chicago justice, at its best.
Guy should be doing hard time in general population.
Professional courtesy.
He should lose his job and his gun. If it were you and me (and we’re not cops), don’t you think Mother Government would throw the book at us?
Yep TCats,
I bet you are right.
And the cops there will know they have get out of jail card any time they want.
Heck! The Scumbag should never touch a Badge again and spend 10 Years in Prison as some Goon’s wife! That was nothing less than Attempted Murder and Atrocious Assault and Battery on Video Tape. If the Bartender wasn’t a white woman, he woulda gotten LIFE!
Another a$$-hole judge who just doesn't get it! You don't imprison people to try to get OTHERS to change their behavior, you imprison people to punish THEM and try to get THEM to change their behavior.
Bottom line: Sentencing Anthonty Abbate to prison would stop Anthony Abbate from getting drunk and hitting female bar-teners who are less than half his size. And THAT is all that matters.
They knew that, a long time ago.
... or even bar-TENDERS...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49kgG0s7lVk
This video shows the Chicago Cops covering up for him. If this is just one cop, why is the whole department covering for him?
This Cop should have lost his job.In Connecticut he would Not be allowed to carry a handgun on duty or off.
Here's another judge that just doesn't get it. Justice, and the application of a sentence that includes incarceration, isn't about preventing crime (although sometimes that is a nice bonus), it's about making restitution to the victim and punishing the perpetrator.
In this case, the victim is a bar-tender who's literally about a third of the size of her assailant and who suffered a severe trauma. And, the assailant is a duly-sworn officer of the law who violated not just the law he's sworn to uphold, but his oath as well. If those are not aggravating,/i> circumstances, I'm not sure what is.
If for no other reason (and there doesn't need to be one), this creep should have been in jail for at least six months, perhaps a year thinking about the trauma he caused this woman.
tick-tock..... (Remaining comment self-censored)!!!!!
Exactly. Another cop gets away with murder (or attempted murder) for doing something that would put a civilian behind bars for a LONG time.
Another judicial travesty favoring the thugs with badges.
Exactly. Which is why "good" cops are rare, IMO.
this was mayor Daleys crack fascist police force...I am sure His Royal Highness 0bama agrees with the decision, after all he did not beat up ACORN workers.
so every drunk, stupid, over-reactive cop is now a juice head.
how about the non-police officers who beat people up? should they be tested too?
Waiting for the obligitory “The Police are always right” posters
This is Chicago. The cop is the cousin or best friend of somebody who knows somebody.
It’s been that way for a loooong time.
He’s been assigned anger management. Maybe he dopes too much caffine. They do that too.
Or maybe he’s a former doper. Houston’s police force no longer rejects applicants who have past drug CONVICTIONS from serving as officers.
Unreal.
ever hear the term 'angry drunk'?
No. Not everyone. But, I think it would be naive to believe that the abuse of steroids doesn't account for at least some of these cop-rage incidents.
Steroid abuse in the law enforcement community is the dirty little secret of, well, the law enforcement community. My guess is that if the LE were testing for steroids in their urine analysis screening, the results would be very troubling for police departments across the country.
What's even more surprising, is that there are many police departments that don't have random drug screening for their officers, let alone random drug screens for steroids - it's a bone of contention in the collective bargaining agreements.
As a non-cop if you hit a woman the cops will do everything to keep you from legally owning a firearm.
two sets of rules.
He is fortunate that the girl he beat was not the daughter, sister, girlfriend or wife of one of those “deranged, gun totin’ veterans” we keep hearing about in the MSM...
my fellow officers and i look down upon any cop who tests for steroids. to us, it is the same as dope or coke.
If his drunkness is impacting his performance (he’s on 2-year’s probation) perhaps he should be fired. Or is that a no-no since he has a substance abuse problem and is therefore handicapped?
Obamaland thug government.
(1) Donte Stallworth, Cleveland Browns wide receiver, gets 30 days for DUI manslaughter.
(2) Chris Brown, a popular singer, gets zero jail time for felony assault against his girlfriend Rihanna.
(3) An intoxicated Chicago cop gets zero jail time for aggravated battery against a women half his size.
Substitute your name or my name in any of those crimes, and we'd be doing serious time.
Once again, a Barney Fife gets his bullet back ...
I agree with your other two examples, I think Brown's notoriety, however, actually worked against him.
I'm not an expert, but violence against women is one of my wife's pet causes. From what I understand, it's very common for Felony DV or assault to be plea bargained to a lesser misdemeanor if there isn't any lasting bodily harm. In this case, Rihanna's injuries appear to have been entirely superficial. Of course, that' not to diminish the outrageous behavior of Brown, in any way.
I think his plea deal was very harsh and restrictive, as plea deals go. He has some very limiting conditions of probation, and he's not getting the cushy celebrity community service like school visits or PSAs. He's getting 6 months of hard labor. I know my wife was pleasantly surprised by the outcome in the Brown case.
Incredible. The Chicago-Obama machine is pure evil.
and i don't know where you live, but if cops on steroids is such a huge deal, you might be lucky or you might want to move away. i'm not really sure.
#2 and #3 are relatively normal dispositions. at least in my experiences.
Stallworth should have gotten at least a year. He gets no pass from me just because he is a Cleveland Brown.
Holy Crap
I can’t believe i haven’t seen this.
I hope this “officer” is afraid to leave his front door and ALWAYS looking over his shoulder.
Was a civil suit filed against him?
I'm betting that's next. Hope she soaks him.
firemen going around beating people up while drunk and off-duty is a rather large problem around here. you might be onto something. but i think you’d find little more than booze.
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