NYPD officer points gun at, arrests & illegally searches apt of man cellphone videoing

[Liberal_in_LA]

NYPD sergeant is facing disciplinary action for pointing her department-issued gun at a Brooklyn man who was recording her with his cell phone, the Daily News has learned.

Sgt. Diana Pichardo then confronted the man, David Rivera, called him a "motherf-----," and snatched the phone from his hand — which was all captured on a recording.

Rivera, who was arrested on a slew of felony charges which the Brooklyn district attorney's office declined to prosecute, reported the shocking incident to the Civilian Complaint Review Board. The CCRB substantiated Rivera's allegations that Pichardo pointed her gun at him, abused her authority by searching his apartment without a warrant, and spoke discourteously to him.



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Rivera, 45, was watching the film "50 Shades of Grey" with his girlfriend on March 8, 2015 when he heard a commotion in the hallway at the Marlboro Houses. He saw three neighbors fighting with cops and began recording the action with his phone.

Additional officers, led by Pichardo, arrived and helped subdue the goons. Pichardo is shrieking into her portable radio, then inexplicably points her gun at Rivera who can be heard saying, "Don't point that gun at me!"


Rivera was ordered by a cop to go back inside his apartment. He is still recording from inside the doorway when Pichardo rushes up to him.



"Who are these people to you?" she yells at Rivera. "Give me the phone, motherf-----!"

A cop pulled Rivera out of his apartment into the hallway where he was handcuffed. The cops apparently were unaware that Rivera, who installs security systems for a living, had installed cameras in various rooms of his apartment. Those cameras recorded a swarm of cops filing into his apartment and searching the rooms in front of his shocked girlfriend.

Rivera was held in police custody for 43 hours before he was released without seeing a judge.


http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/nypd-sergeant-aims-gun-man-recording-illegal-search-article-1.2661248

[whistler162]

1. Was one of the charges bad film choosing?

"50 Shades of Grey"

Rivera will be going to the French Riviera soon and a Sergeant will lose her badge, if we are lucky.

[cynzke]

2. FIFTY SHADES OF NYPD BLUE!

Swarming one apartment should lead to a nice pile of GREEN backs and a Trump style "Your Fired"! Another bad cop spoils the barrel in the Big Apple, New Yorkers hit with the bill.

[avebury]

3. Now a days cops should never assume that they are not being

recorded.

Video recordings are the only way that people can protect themselves from police midconduct. Who knows what cops got away with before the invention of modern technology.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. Ask the African American community

they will fill you in. This is nothing new.

[avebury]

4. 20 Federal Lawsuits with payouts totaling $400,000 (according to link)

Why is she still a cop?

[GOLGO 13]

5. "abused her authority by searching his apartment without a warrant, and spoke discourteously to him"

Not enough to fire her. Notice of discipline & retraining? Sure. Her career in terms of advancement is probably over. It'll be 20 & out for her.

[avebury]

6. Rivera's attorney should go after the NYPD for Punitive Damages as well

If she has been involved in 20 Federal Lawsuits and the NYC has already paid out $400,000 then obviously the NYPD has not learned anything all the numerous lawsuits that they had to deal with because of this cop. It is about time that they get hit with a 7-8 figure punitive damage verdict on top of what else a jury wants to order.

[awoke_in_2003]

8. Start going after the pension fund

as it stands now, the taxpayers foot the bill