This is the story about a man, going out to celebrate his birthday with his wife. According to those who know him, he is a hard working man and on this particular occasion, he withdrew $1300 from his account for the special celebration.
This is the story of a crooked New York cop, who apparently uses ‘Stop and Frisk’ as an way to carry out his crookalogy.
This is a story of what happens when the hard working man, his hard earned $1300 and the crooked cop cross paths on a street in New York.
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office is investigating the incident, which was captured in cellphone video footage and turned over to the prosecutors and the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau.
The man and his sister, who were protesting what they called a “robbery,” were also pepper-sprayed by the officer during the incident.
“One of the most disturbing things about the video is the other cops standing around watching and doing nothing to stop the wrongdoing,” the siblings’ lawyer, Robert Marinelli, said, according to the news site.
Lamard Joye said that the officer took $1,300—which has still not been accounted for—from his pocket and pepper-sprayed him and his sister, Lateefah Joye, who was trying to get the officer’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 hardworking taxpayer deserving respect,” Marinelli said.
Lamard had taken the money out of his bank account because he was planning to take his wife out for his 35th birthday, according to the lawyer. According to the Daily News, the incident occurred a little after midnight on Sept. 16, near a housing project in the Coney Island neighborhood.
The video begins with Lamard being pushed by the police officer against a fence. The cop seems to go into the man’s pocket, pulling out the cash. Lamard immediately starts protesting.
“Give me my money,” Lamard demands.
The officer proceeds to pepper-spray Lamard, even as onlookers begin to protest.
Stop and Frisk, the infamous police procedure put in place by former mayor Mike Bloomberg, gives New York police officers the authority to walk up to anyone on the streets of New York, stop that individual and frisk them for no reason. Reports have called into question the effectiveness of the program, showing that over 90% of those stopped had no weapons or no evidence of wrong doings.
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