NYPD Officers Angered by Corruption Probe

[Why Syzygy]

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/316-20/8155-focus-nypd-officers-angered-by-corruption-probe

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The contentious scene in the Bronx concluded a week of deep embarrassment for the New York Police Department and Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, who at a news conference acknowledged the difficulty of having "to announce for the second time this week that police officers have been arrested for misconduct."

Federal agents earlier in the week arrested eight current and former officers on accusations that they had brought illegal firearms, slot machines and black-market cigarettes into New York City. Recently, other officers have been charged in federal court with making false arrests, and there was testimony in a trial in Brooklyn that narcotics detectives planted drugs on innocent civilians.

Of the 16 officers arraigned on Friday, ranking as high as lieutenant, 11 were charged with crimes related to fixing tickets. All of them pleaded not guilty, and all but two were released without bail. Officer Ramos was held in $500,000 cash bail. Jennara Cobb, a lieutenant in the Internal Affairs Bureau, was released after posting a $20,000 bail bond. She was accused of leaking information about the investigation to other officers.

Five civilians were also arrested in the case. Among them was Officer Ramos's wife, charged with participating with him in an insurance scam.

[Skidmore]

1. Tough crunchies, Commissioner. If you were doing your job

a corruption probe wouldn't be necessary.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. "Tough crunchies"

:rofl:

Wonderful and well-placed :)

[Kaleko]

12. I thought it was 'tough titties'.

'Cause they can really hurt a tough guy's sense of entitlement, you know.

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[Why Syzygy]

5. Welcome to DU

:toast:

I gave away my interest in astronomy? How so?

[lunatica]

4. They were due a karmic adjustment

[monmouth]

6. Serpico re deux....n/t

[provis99]

7. how nice. Internal Affairs cops are just as corrupt as the rest of them.

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Cops taking the heat for fixing tickets on orders of their superiors.

I'd be mad too.

[kestrel91316]

9. If you can't handle corruption probes, dudes, stop being corrupt.

It's really not hard to figure out at all.

[msongs]

10. corrupt police union endorses this illegal behavior - organized crime under union colors? nt

[WillyT]

11. GOOD !!! - K & R !!!

:kick: