NYPD cops beat up my loved ones, killed my parakeet: Staten Island mom

[hrmjustin]

By John Marzulli / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
City cops barged into the home of a Staten Island mom without a warrant, beat up her family and callously killed her pet parakeet, according to court papers.

Evelyn Lugo’s beloved bird Tito was ejected from his cage after it was knocked off a dresser when cops came into the St. George home, the lawsuit alleges

“I screamed, ‘The bird!’ ” Lugo’s daughter Anna Febles told the Daily News, “and he said, ‘F--- the bird,’ and he, like, stepped on it.”

“I was shocked,” Febles, 30, said. “It was a blue and green bird. It was really pretty.”


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-killed-parakeet-staten-island-mom-article-1.1541112#ixzz2mzlpDO5o

[Jackpine Radical]

1. It just isn't smart

to give a cop the bird.

[In_The_Wind]

2. ...

That's a funny comment

but it isn't to a bird lover like me.

[In_The_Wind]

3. That's one hell of a power trip! All that over an orange cone?

Was the cop high on crack, meth or what?

[hrmjustin]

4. Drunk on power.

[In_The_Wind]

5. Indeed. What we need is better supervision of police behavior.

Something has got to be done about cops who abuse their power.

[hrmjustin]

6. Hopefully Bratton will confront the issue.