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Investigation – NYPD Used “Excessive Force” to “Arrest” Tennis Star James Blake

Buzzfeed is reporting that an independent investigation by the Civilian Complaint and Review Board found that the the New York Police Department officer who mistakenly arrested James Blake last month used excessive force during the takedown.

“I appreciate the efforts of the CCRB to advance this investigation,” Blake said in a statement.

The NYPD arrested Blake on Sep. 9, after a group of plainclothes officers mistook him for a suspect in a credit card fraud scheme. The violent arrest, in which an officer tackled the athlete without warning, was captured on video. It soon emerged neither Blake nor the suspect, both of whom are black, had any connection to the scheme.

“We have been made aware of the CCRB’s findings. The department’s internal review is still on-going,” the NYPD said in a statement.

Although Blake was not seriously injured, the incident unleashed a public relations crisis for the NYPD, which still struggles with allegations of racial profiling and excessive force. Both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton issued rare public apologies to the athlete, who said he welcomed the apologies but insisted that the city take substantive steps to address the issues.

The CCRB’s finding opens the door for a departmental trial against Officer James Frascatore, who tackled Blake, and Detective Daniel Herzog, who was also involved in the arrest. The two officers will have an advocate who will contrast their side of the story with the CCRB’s finding. In the end, Commissioner Bratton will have the final say on whether the officers will be disciplined, and if so in what form.

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James Blake Says Officer Who Tackled And Arrested Him Should Be Fired

In an interview with the New York Daily News, the retired Tennis star James Blake, said that the officer who tackled him while he was standing outside a hotel waiting for a ride to the U.S Open, does not deserve to “have the same title as officers who are doing good work.”

“I want him to know what he did was wrong, and that in my opinion he doesn’t deserve to ever have a badge and a gun again, because he doesn’t know how to handle that responsibility effectively. He doesn’t deserve to have the same title as officers who are doing good work and are really helping keep the rest of the city safe.”

Blake was an apparent victim of “mistaken identity” by the New York police officer. He was tackled to the ground and arrested, then released after his identity was known. Blake is promising to use his celebrity status to bring to light a common police tactic of assuming that everyone is guilty and must prove their innocence.

The Mayor of New York and the Police Commissioner have issued formal apologies to James Blake.

“I’m lucky to be in the position I’m in, but I also talked to a lot of people the last few days that have had similar situations happen to them. Those are the people that deserve to be apologized to.”

James Blake is considering a lawsuit if changes aren’t implemented by the NYPD. Meanwhile, the officer, James Frascatore, who is white by the way, has been placed on desk duty.

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NYPD Officer Indicted on 40 Counts of Rape and Sexual Abuse of a Minor

One word – SICK!

In a 40-count indictment, a Brooklyn grand jury said Joel Doseau, 43, who is assigned to the Brooklyn South command, had an ongoing sexual relationship with the girl, now a woman in her early 20s, that started in 2008 when she was just 15, two years below the age of legal consent.

Sources said Doseau actually met the girl a year earlier, when she was just 14.

The alleged perv cop wooed the underage teen online, and lied to her about being more than twice her age, telling her he was younger than the 37 years he really was, sources said.

The girl believed him, according to the sources, and sent the police veteran nude photographs of herself.

Talk, chats and secret picture posting soon turned into sex, which began some time in the summer of 2008.

The two allegedly had sex several times in an ongoing illicit relationship.

Their contact included oral sex and sexual intercourse, according to court papers.

The indictment said Doseau had sexual intercourse with the girl in the summers of 2008 and 2009, and that he initiated oral sex “without such person’s consent.” Sources said she only reported the abuse in recent days.

It was unclear how long the alleged relationship continued, and it was also unclear why she reported the abuse when she did.

Doseau, who earned more than $101,000 last year with overtime, was arrested at about 8 a.m. in Williamsburg. Among the charges he faces are seven counts of rape, five counts of promoting the sexual performance of a child, 11 counts of sexual abuse and misconduct and three counts of acting in a manner injurious to a child, police said.

Doseau was arraigned before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice John Ingram and released on $100,000 bond. The indictment said he knew his actions were “likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare” of the child.

He faces up to 15 years in prison on the top charge.

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NY Police Officer Caught in Street Brawl with Harlem Suspect – Video

The video below shows a police officer in Harlem attempting an arrest on a man because the man had what a witness called a “pen knife!”

The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. on Frederick Douglass Blvd. at W. 129th St. last week, when the officer spotted 30 year old Saykou George and stopped the man for having the knife. George is asked for his identification and when it was provided, the officer is seen putting the man’s identification in his pocket and pulling out the pair of handcuffs.

At that moment, George is heard asking why the officer took his i.d. The officer began approaching George to make the arrest and that is when all hell broke loose!

Things began to escalate real fast when George tried to walk away, still asking the officer for his id. The officer pushed George into a fence and threw a punch at the man. George then tried walking in the opposite direction with the officer following. Another punch was thrown by the officer and George retaliated and a street brawl ensued.

George was eventually arrested when a gang of officers showed up and took him to the ground. Before he was taken down, the officer connected on three punches. According to the police commissioner, Bill Bratton, the officer involved did nothing wrong.

“My preliminary review of that was I saw nothing inappropriate with the officer’s behavior,” Bratton said.

George was charged with resisting arrest, assault on a police officer, possession of a knife and disorderly conduct. The police officer’s conduct is being investigated by… the police department.

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Angry Citizens Stopped Cops from Arresting 14 Year Old Girl – Video

According to the recording, the two police officers suspected two teenage girls of “pushing a button.” It wasn’t explained what button was pushed, but at some street corners here in New York, people are allowed to push a button when crossing busy intersections.

What pissed off members of this community is the way the cops detained the girls for questioning. “He had no right putting his hand on you”, one woman is heard saying. “Call a female officer” another person said.

After the girls continued insisting they did nothing wrong, one officer, clearly irate by what was happening, grabbed the 14 year old again and attempted to manhandle her into handcuffs, but the people were not having that as the shouted at the cop, some getting between the cop and the girl, grabbing her and eventually succeeded in pulling her away from the forceful cop.

He and his partner got into an unmarked car and drove off without their prize as the crowd continued shouting.

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New NYPD Rule to Accommodate Suspects wearing Head Covers

The New York Police Department has come up with a new rule to govern prisoners who object to having their pictures taken by a member of the opposite sex, or who refuse to remove their head covers.

The policy change, which applies to men and women of all faiths, was sparked by a concern by Muslim women who say it’s against their religion to remove their hijab in front of men.

“This was just a really difficult process for them to go through,” said Susan Herman, deputy commissioner for collaborative policing, “and they wondered whether there was anything that could be done to change it and to accommodate their concerns.

“We came up with a policy that can be more broadly applied to anyone who has a religious head covering who desires to have their photograph taken by a member of the same gender.”

Under the new rule, those who will only remove their head covering in private or insist on the photo being taken by a member of the same sex will be taken to 1 Police Plaza, where there are more female photographers, and space for pictures to be taken in private.

The NYPD requires a mug shot be taken both with and without any head covering worn by the suspect. The picture must provide an unobstructed view of the head, ears and face.

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Ellen DeGeneres ‘Dance Dare’ Competitor to Sue NYPD for “Excessive Force”

Alexander Bok, the man who was roughed up by New York police when he was caught dancing just feet away from a cop, is filing a $5 million lawsuit against the department.

The video of the incident was uploaded to the Internet. Bok explained that he was filming a dance dare for the Ellen DeGeneres Show when cops became overly aggressive with him and eventually threw him to the ground. Video of the incident went online in late December. TMZ reports that the lawsuit is claiming that cops violated his freedom of speech and used excessive force.

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NYPD Cop Indicted for Stomping Subdued Suspect In The Head – Video

And he did stomped on the suspect’s hand for absolutely no reason whatsoever. The suspect was already subdued by other cops and then here comes the stomper with a badge and a gun, walks up to the man on the ground and kicked him in the head.

All in the name of protecting and serving I guess.

Officer Joel Edouard, 36, appeared in Brooklyn Supreme Court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge and an official misconduct charge, according to NBC. The incident happened during an arrest in Brooklyn on July 23, last year, when police on patrol saw the suspect, Jahmiel Cuffee, allegedly rolling a joint outside a residential building, which he then threw away when he saw authorities.

In the amateur video caught by a bystander, you can hear Cuffee plead “help me!” as several cops hold him down. Edouard can be seen briefly pulling out a gun, then putting it back in his holster. He walks away, returns and appears to kick Cuffee in the head, prompting another cop to push him away and the crowd to gasp.

He was indicted today on a misdemeanor charge.

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Two More NYPD Cops Shot in The Bronx


NBC is reporting that authorities are questioning a suspect in connection with the Monday night shootings of two NYPD officers responding to a robbery call in the Bronx, police and law enforcement sources say.

The man being questioned went to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in upper Manhattan with a gunshot wound to the back. Authorities are investigating if he is connected to the shootings of 30-year-old NYPD officer Andrew Dossi and 38-year-old officer Aliro Pellerano.

Pellerano was shot in the abdomen and arm near East 184th Street and Tiebout Avenue in Fordham at around 10:30 p.m. Monday, officials said at a news conference early Tuesday. Dossi was shot in the arm and lower back. Both are in stable condition at St. Barnabas Hospital, the NYPD said.

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New York Police Officers Salute Mayor DeBlasio at Slain Officer’s Wake

The first time around when the mayor went to pay his respects to one of New York’s fallen heroes, the rest of the New York police department allowed their union leader to get the best of them, and showered the mayor with the uttermost disrespect – turning their backs on the man as he attended the funeral.

But something has changed, and today as the mayor made his way through the wake of the second fallen officer, he was saluted by other police officers at the scene, thanks in part to a stern letter written by Police Commissioner, Bill Bratton.

Ahead of the wake for Wenjian Liu, Commissioner Bill Bratton told officers to refrain from the “act of disrespect” seen at the funeral of Liu’s partner, Rafael Ramos, when thousands of officers turned their backs on de Blasio.

“A hero’s funeral is about grieving, not grievance,” Bratton wrote in a memo to be read on police roll calls over the weekend. The funeral is set for Sunday.

Liu, 32, and Ramos, 40, were shot to death on Dec. 20 as they sat in their squad car in Brooklyn. Their killer, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who killed himself soon after, had said he was seeking to avenge the deaths this summer of two unarmed black men at the hands of white police officers.

On Saturday, a few hundred mourners, most of them police officers in dress blue uniforms, lined up outside the funeral home on a frigid, snowy afternoon.

De Blasio and Bratton entered the funeral home together shortly after it opened, with officers standing guard by the entrance saluting both men as they went inside. The wake was closed to the public.

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Man Gets Accosted and Assaulted By NYPD for… Dancing – Video

Dancing. Yes, dancing. That was all it took for the NYPD to “protect and serve” this man, who committed the unthinkable crime of dancing on a public New York street.

The man, a YouTuber named Alexander BOK, took up the #DanceDares challenge by TV personality Ellen Degeneres, who dares ordinary people to dance behind a perfect stranger without touching them. After accepting his challenge, Alexander BOK did his criminal dance routine behind a New York police officer. That is when all hell broke loose!

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Report – Even Black NYPD Cops Get Profiled By White Cops

An interesting story by Reuters details how some active and retired black police officers are treated when off duty or out of uniform.

They too are profiled.

Reuters interviewed 25 African American male officers on the NYPD, 15 of whom are retired and 10 of whom are still serving. All but one said that they had been victims of racial profiling, which refers to using race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed a crime.

The officers said this included being pulled over for no reason, having their heads slammed against their cars, getting guns brandished in their faces, being thrown into prison vans and experiencing stop and frisks while shopping. The majority of the officers said they had been pulled over multiple times while driving. Five had had guns pulled on them.

Desmond Blaize (pictured above), who retired two years ago as a sergeant in the 41st Precinct in the Bronx, said he once got stopped while taking a jog through Brooklyn’s upmarket Prospect Park. “I had my ID on me so it didn’t escalate,” said Blaize, who has sued the department alleging he was racially harassed on the job. “But what’s suspicious about a jogger? In jogging clothes?”

The NYPD and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association, the police officers’ union, declined requests for comment. However, defenders of the NYPD credit its policing methods with transforming New York from the former murder capital of the world into the safest big city in the United States.

Ex-Police Chief Skeptical.

“It makes good headlines to say this is occurring, but I don’t think you can validate it until you look into the circumstances they were stopped in,” said Bernard Parks, the former chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, who is African American.

“Now if you want to get into the essence of why certain groups are stopped more than others, then you only need to go to the crime reports and see which ethnic groups are listed more as suspects. That’s the crime data the officers are living with.”

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