NYPD cop allegedly took $1,300 in cash from Brooklyn construction worker’s pocket during stop-and-fr

[Suburban Warrior]

Source: New York Daily News

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating allegations that an NYPD cop wrongfully removed more than $1,000 from a man during a stop-and-frisk then pepper sprayed two people he did not arrest, the Daily News has learned.

The encounter was captured on a cell phone video, which has been turned over to prosecutors and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau, said lawyer Robert Marinelli.

“One of the most disturbing things about the video is the other cops standing around watching and doing nothing to stop the wrongdoing,” Marinelli said Wednesday.

Marinelli represents siblings who were pepper sprayed — Lamard Joye who claims the cop took $1,300 from his pocket, which has still not been accounted, and his sister Lateefah Joye, a professional basketball player in Europe, who tried to get the cop’s badge number.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-allegedly-1-300-cash-man-pocket-article-1.1967792

[valerief]

1. I thought civil forfeiture laws allowed them to do anything the fuck they wanted,

and that's why they kill first and ask questions later.

[billhicks76]

41. They Are Thieves

That's all they do now. They just steal people's money. I've never seen them protect anyone in my entire life but I've seen them threaten and assault hundreds of people in that time. They use the fraudulent drug war to do all of it. It's disgusting.

[dhill926]

2. no better than a fucking gang….

serve and protect my ass. Serve themselves and then pepper spray you. Thank god for cellphones….

[valerief]

42. I think gangs have more integrity. nt

[HoosierCowboy]

3. Never met a NYPD officer...

...that wasn't an asshole. But I never met anyone from NYC that wasn't an asshole either. Maybe I just run into the wrong people.

[markpkessinger]

15. Well, this New Yorker . . .

. . . isn't so fond of 'Hoosiers' either, so consider the feeling to be mutual.

[The Wizard]

17. One dictionary definition of Hoosier

is ignorant rustic, and I heard the from radio humorist, Jean Shepherd, a native of Indiana. Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indiana and he was far from ignorant. Indiana is the only state to execute a white man for killing an Indian (native American).

[markpkessinger]

45. I actually have nothing against 'Hoosiers' or anybody else . . .

. . . I was merely trying to demonstrate the folly of generalizations, even those made in jest.

[raven mad]

22. I happen to like New Yorkers -

they mostly have Alaskan attitudes!

[freebrew]

35. The people I met in NYC were great...

some of the friendliest and helpful folks of anywhere I've been.

[markpkessinger]

44. I was born and raised in rural PA, in a town of approximately 750, give or take . . .

. . . but have spent my entire adult life since college in NYC (I am no 53, so about 31 years). People often say how rude New Yorkers are. But in my experience, New Yorkers aren't rude so much as rushed and harried. But if you can get their (our) attention and make them (us) understand that you really are in need of some kind of help or assistance, then yes, they (we) actually are very kind and friendly!

I would add that it is in small, rural towns where I find people are most suspicious of 'outsiders,' or of people whose lives differ in some way from those they encounter in their tiny, restricted worlds!

[pa28]

4. That looked like armed robbery to me.

With the combination of video and publicity this cop will likely fry. Good argument here for mandatory police cameras so fewer of these scum can slip through the cracks.

[Downwinder]

6. Another argument for putting cameras on cops.

[Chakab]

7. As usual, "good cops" sit around and turn a blind eye to criminality.

This is why I've fucking had it with people who incessantly claim that the problem with policing is just down to a few bad apples. The problem with policing in the US is the culture. Plenty of cops will keep silent to protect criminals and bigots in their ranks.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

12. I suspect the few that know it is wrong are too afraid to to anything about it.

It kind of reminds me of school. When someone was being a bully, the rest of us usually didn't do anything but mind our own business. In retrospect, I regret being one of the silent ones, but the damage has been done. I can only make myself do the right thing in the future when I see such wrongs.

[freebrew]

36. Must be the generation gap...

when I was in school, bullies, when found out were either ostracized or severely punished by other students.

We didn't let that shit fly.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

38. It's good to hear things have changed.

Hopefully, the culture of abuse and silent bystanders in the force will change too.

[markpkessinger]

46. Yes, they are afraid, and with good reason . . .

Just ask former NYPD officer Adrian Schoolcraft! (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/16/nyregion/officer-adrian-schoolcraft-forcibly-hospitalized-got-no-apology-just-a-bill.html)

[markpkessinger]

47. Here's a link to a fuller article on Schoolcraft . . .

. . . from The Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-05-04/news/the-nypd-tapes-inside-bed-stuy-s-81st-precinct/

[ohnoyoudidnt]

48. Thanks for the links.

The degree of corruption is nauseating.

[Tumbulu]

8. Thank goodness for the cell phone cameras!

My goodness, this has been going on for a long time, but only now can it all be so easily shared.

Hoping for change- and yes if the police have to wear cameras, it could happen.

[LiberalArkie]

9. I saw the photos, no problem found, the "perps" were black.

</snark>

[Brigid]

10. How is this not armed robbery?

Cop or not?

[zonkers]

11. Thugs like that used to prey on me in high school back on L.I, NY. Right from the gutter.

Glad I left town.

[Brickbat]

13. He shouldn't be carrying that much cash on him if he doesn't want it taken.

[Demit]

14. Maybe he's quite able to protect himself from an ordinary thief.

If you mean if he doesn't want it taken by a law enforcement officer, against whom he is helpless, because that thief has a badge & a gun, then I guess I'd have to agree.

[littlemissmartypants]

19. Ouch. nt

[notadmblnd]

21. What kind of thinking is that?

Seriously? You believe that if someone carries cash, they deserve to have it stolen from them? What do you think the limit should be? Twenty, fifty, a hundred?

[blackcrowflies]

23. I think it was a joke

a la, women who wear short skirts.

[Brickbat]

43. I need to work on my delivery, I guess.

[Sunlei]

30. about 30% of Americans do not have a bank account & carry cash

[Paladin]

31. I figured there would be some blaming of the victim, here.

Big-time fail on your part.

[Brickbat]

32. Next time I'll use the sarcasm tag.

[Paladin]

33. That would help, thanks.

[heaven05]

40. what????

[The Wizard]

16. New TV show

Cops Gone Wild.

[KurtNYC]

28. Good Guys, Good guys, whatcha gonna do?

Whatcha gonna do when
they rob YOU?

[littlemissmartypants]

18. Is this not making an opening for the

Best vigilante justice ever? Record and report. Plain and simple.
I love it.

~ Lmsp 🙌

[littlemissmartypants]

20. Kicketty.

Thanks, Suburban Warrior.

Love, Peace and the Righteous Fight.
~ littlemissmartypants

[Android3.14]

24. Bad cop.

Power corrupts.

[CincyDem]

26. And so marks the end of a time honored interrogation technique...

...Good Cop/Bad Cop.

They can't find anyone to play the Good Cop role.

[christx30]

27. Now it's

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Thief cop/Dog killing cop.

[Sunlei]

29. ALL the stop and frisk encounters should be videoed & posted on youtube in public.

Let the world see what some Americans go through on a daily basis.
Let the USA see what police spend time on.

[Taitertots]

34. This will never end until we charge his accomplices

The gang of armed people protecting him are just as guilty as the person stealing.

[Kelvin Mace]

37. Of course they just watched an did nothing,

that is what cops do. It is why all cops should be considered guilty, since the "good" cops know who the "bad" cops are and keep their mouth shut

[heaven05]

39. I am so sick

of all these murderers and thieves who hide behind their badges and the 'blue wall of silence'. Really getting sickening and to the point that I really don't care about their fate anymore. Just don't care. Just took the man's hard earned money, just robbed him because A black with that much money just has to have done or is doing something wrong. Disgusting behavior to have to witness. The upshot is, this thief will probably get away with this crime, again. Because of the RW mentality that is being agitated by the hatemongers, this fucking country is in sad, dangerous shape. People are not going to keep putting up with this shit.