2 cops indicted for alleged illegal search-and seizures plead not guilty

[MrScorpio]

By LAURA ITALIANO
Last Updated: 7:24 PM, July 15, 2010
Posted: 5:34 PM, July 15,

In a hush-hush arraignment late today, two northern Manhattan police officers quietly pleaded not guilty to charges they lied in paperwork to conceal a pattern of unlawful stops, searches and detentions of civilians.

Sgt. William Eiseman, 41, and Officer Michael Carsey, 29, denied charges of perjury, offering a false instrument for filing, and official misconduct connected to four incidents in 2007 and 2008. Eiseman denied an additional charge of tampering with evidence.

The press was not given advance notice of the court proceeding by the District Attorney's office, which allowed the two cops to be arraigned unobserved by reporters, and then leave Manhattan Criminal Court without their pictures being taken by news photographers.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/cops_indicted_for_alleged_illegal_3aVIJPxpJEckYAIFXC9tgN

[era veteran]

1. I'm glad you post these bad cop stories

We should all bear witness to the bad police.

[The Magistrate]

2. A Captain Must Owe Them Money, Sir

If every police officer who committed perjury routinely were charged and convicted, damned near every policeman still serving in the country could meet in the parking lot of an urban McDonald's, without undue crowding....

[Odin2005]

3. K&R

[PM Martin]

4. Thank you for posting these stories.

It is important that we know about the corruption that exists in police forces.

[Lilith Velkor]

5. k&r

[KansasVoter]

6. How much NEVER gets reported?