EXCLUSIVE NARCOTICS COPS GONE WILD [View all]
Headline: NYC paid $363K in settlements to suspects who were beaten, falsely arrested by officers and the dirty cops pocketed money seized during drug raids
<snip> I dont know what Im charging you with. I might charge you with a gun charge. I might charge you with attempted murder. I havent figured it out yet, ex-con Michael King said one of the narcotics cops told him during a 2008 encounter.
<snip> Leon Wilson, the first African-American to own an Arnold bread route in New York, encountered squad members Detectives Vincent Esposito and Robert Anderson on Jan. 4, 2010, as he parked his Honda Civic in Maspeth, Queens. Esposito is a defendant in five civil rights cases, Anderson in two. Wilson says he was ordered out of his car, and the cops began searching it without a warrant. When he asked why, Esposito allegedly said, You watch too much f---ing TV. We have probable cause.In the car, they found $1,100 in cash along with several Arnold invoices and two hand-held computers. Wilson says the cops refused to believe the money was related to his bread route.
more at link - http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-pays-363k-suspects-falsely-arrested-cops-article-1.1424100
Sure is a lot of those "bad apples".