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greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:13 PM Nov 2020

Trump Pardon or Commutation Prediction: Justin Volpe and Charles Schwartz

One of the more shocking pardons or commutations in the coming weeks will be for Justin Volpe, the former NYPD cop who attacked Abner Louima while he was in custody in 1997. Volpe took a plea deal and was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. Several other police officers were also convicted of other charges, including, famously, Charles Schwartz.

Volpe is currently serving time in a federal prison, and is not scheduled for release until 2025. I predict that Trump will at the very least commute his sentence and set him free, effective immediately. He may also officially pardon Charles Schwartz for his perjury charge, which was a federal conviction.

Both moves would be extremely popular among the NYPD, who have always supported Schwartz, and who have less publicly supported Volpe's requests for sentencing relief.

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Trump Pardon or Commutation Prediction: Justin Volpe and Charles Schwartz (Original Post) greenjar_01 Nov 2020 OP
Trump is subhuman filth BainsBane Nov 2020 #1
Law & Order,.... yes,...except if you are a Nazi,... magicarpet Nov 2020 #2
They are too low in the pecking order AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #3
He loves people who commit horrific crimes BainsBane Nov 2020 #5
Yes .... but Trump always asks "what is in it for me?" AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #6
Sometimes it's just a fuck you to his enemies greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #11
It will be a symbolic fuck you for the Blue Lives Matter crowd greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #9
I assume Trump will be selling pardons on his way out the door. DURHAM D Nov 2020 #4
Volpe is human filth. Schwartz shouldn't get any relief, if he has been released. madinmaryland Nov 2020 #7
Schwartz works for NYCHA and makes $114,000 a year greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #8
Fuck! madinmaryland Nov 2020 #10

magicarpet

(13,941 posts)
2. Law & Order,.... yes,...except if you are a Nazi,...
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:25 PM
Nov 2020

.... then you get a free pass, a pat on the back, and a warm bear hug from trDumpie.

 

AmericanCanuck

(1,102 posts)
3. They are too low in the pecking order
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:29 PM
Nov 2020

Plus there is nothing in it for Trump. There is no political benefit after losing the election either.

Trump will only help those who can spill the beans on him - like Manafort or Ghislaine Maxwell.

BainsBane

(53,001 posts)
5. He loves people who commit horrific crimes
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:30 PM
Nov 2020

against the vulnerable. Bad cops and military men who commit war crimes are his favorite.

DURHAM D

(32,595 posts)
4. I assume Trump will be selling pardons on his way out the door.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:30 PM
Nov 2020

If someone doesn't have the money they won't get the pardon.

madinmaryland

(64,920 posts)
7. Volpe is human filth. Schwartz shouldn't get any relief, if he has been released.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 08:34 PM
Nov 2020

Schwartz needs to have that felony charge hanging over him for the rest of his life.

Fuck those racist cops.

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