Posted on 10/08/2014 5:33:07 PM PDT by lowbridge
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations that an NYPD cop wrongfully removed more than $1,000 from a man during a stop-and-frisk then pepper sprayed two people he did not arrest, the Daily News has learned.
The encounter was captured on a cell phone video, which has been turned over to prosecutors and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, said lawyer Robert Marinelli.
“One of the most disturbing things about the video is the other cops standing around watching and doing nothing to stop the wrongdoing,” Marinelli said Wednesday.
Marinelli represents siblings who were pepper sprayed — Lamard Joye who claims the cop took $1,300 from his pocket, which has still not been accounted, and his sister Lateefah Joye, a professional basketball player in Europe, who tried to get the cop’s badge number.
“I believe that this officer made an assumption that any money Mr. Joye possessed was obtained illegally and therefore he would not report the theft. This assumption was wrong, Mr. Joye is a hard-working taxpayer deserving respect,” said Marinelli.
The brief clip begins with the unidentified cop pushing Lamard Joye against the fence of a basketball court at the Surfside Gardens houses in Coney Island around 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 16.
What precipitated the incident, and is not recorded on the video, according to Marinelli, were cops roughing up a young man named Terrell Haskins nearby, prompting Lamard Joye and his friends to shout, “Is that necessary?”
A group of cops confronted Lamard, whose arms are outstretched and is saying to onlookers, “You see this?”
The cop appears to reach into Joye’s pocket and pull out a thick wad of cash.
“Gimme my money!” Lamard Joye shouts, before the cop squirts him in the face with the spray.
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The King’s Men do not wear red coats any more, but their behavior is probably worse than it was the last time.
Hey why not, corruption bleeds down from the top and you can’t get any more corrupt than a blatant hardcore commie running the city. Anyone notice BTW Despot Mike Bloombergs right hand man Friedan is running the CDC?
I was kind of thinking, hey, that’s just how they do it in mexico!
Asset forfeiture laws allow us to take the ill-gotten gains of drug kingpins and use them to put more cops on the streets and more prosecutors in court.
In the last 5 years alone, the Justice Department shared over half a billion dollars in forfeited assets with State and local law enforcement.
http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=2764&year=1991&month=3
For a moment I was alarmed and disturbed by it, because I thought it happened in America.
“The King’s Men do not wear red coats any more”
Seeing that the “King” is a Queen.
Whats the difference between this and some bull crap fine they levy on the citizens? Not much. The cops are just wanting some of the action.
Just the 95% making the 5% look bad.
Happened to me by SFPD, lower cash amount though.
During the day.
CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.
Nothing to see here - the cop acted in good faith so he can keep the money.
Good point — San Francisco, sorry.
Beware cell phones, they are eventually going to make these guys behave.
Growing up on the border I have thought that hundreds of times in the last few years.
I had a brain damaged guy tell me the same yesterday. I can’t remember why he said he was arrested but it was for something stupid, they took his money and said they didn’t.
Armed robbery, under color of authority.
“One of the most disturbing things about the video is the other cops standing around watching and doing nothing to stop the wrongdoing,”
Which means that they are all ACCOMPLICES and should be charged accordingly:
Felony Armed Robbery
Felony Assault
False Imprisonment
Using a Firearm during the commission of a Violent Felony
sounds like 25 to LIFE
There needs to be a Congressional investigation of just how many police departments are REJECTING applicants because their IQ is over 90.
I am not kidding. It is happening.
Plus the cop probably felt threatened.
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