3 NYC police officers acquitted in sodomy case

[Jim__]

I realize these officers were acquitted, but I would love to see the testimony of the transit cop who testified as a witness. Convicting cops via a jury is extremely difficult.

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He said that after he was handcuffed, one of the officers sodomized him with a baton. According to Mineo, the officers hauled him to a squad car, but then got spooked about what they had done and tried to buy his silence by letting him go, even though there was a warrant out for his arrest.


Mineo was hospitalized for days after the encounter, then returned again later for more medical care for an abscess.

A transit system police officer who witnessed the struggle testified for the prosecution.

The Police Department initially questioned Mineo's account and allowed the officers to stay on duty. But the case gained momentum a few weeks afterward, when his lawyers went public with his allegations.

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[alp227]

1. Not a surprise. Most people generally sympathize with police.

Hell, in the Rodney King case it took a federal jury to convict officers, and even then only 2 of the 4 involved officers were convicted. The two convicted officers each served 2.5 years in prison. One of my friends also was a victim of excessive force but was still found guilty of resisting arrest.