Jury Awards Damages in Albany Police Brutality Suit

February 29, 2008

  • February 29, 2008 at 2:01 am
    Calif Ex Pat says:
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    Scribbling out allegations vs; the police are a full time hobby in the joint – if Albany doesn’t appeal this, they are supine in the face of judical activism

  • February 29, 2008 at 2:05 am
    Al says:
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    It doesn’t sound like judicial activism but juror imbecility.

  • February 29, 2008 at 2:27 am
    Dread says:
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    Simply demographics folks. Utica, NY is not a hotbed of diversity and common sense. When a federal jury sides with a felon over the police we should all be afraid. Any awards received while serving time should go back to the state to offset the cost of hosting this idiot.

  • February 29, 2008 at 5:37 am
    KOB says:
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    Let’s step back a moment. Pencil and paper complaints should not be rejected. It is a common man’s means of seeking justice. Obviously the Complaint had merit, since it was not dismissed. Do we necessarily need an attorney to fill the court with all his legalese, just to right a civil wrong? Why is it so hard to believe that the allegations are true? I’ll even accept that he was convicted with possession of a handgun, but that is all that he was convicted of. Not all white guys who carry a gun, carry it legally. Let’s not turn a blind eye to racist cops who overstretch the boundaries when it comes to arresting a minority. Obviously the federal jury in Upstate NY heard the facts, and quite possibly discovered the plaintiff’s actual arrest and conviction, and STILL found that the cop violated the pltf’s civil rights, etc.. Bad cops are out there…. REALLY! – Boy… I am sounding more like a liberal every day.

  • March 3, 2008 at 8:44 am
    Al says:
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    We don’tknow why this dope was arrested, but he was armed during the commission of a crime. There can be no crime without a victim or potential victim, so I wonder if this criminal treated his victim as he wished to be treated. Actually, I don’t wonder about that. I don’t wonder if an armed felon is disposed to lie about the cop that arrested him either. I hope that this guy’s first victim when he gets out is one of these jurors.

  • March 3, 2008 at 8:49 am
    Dread says:
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    Where does a federal judge get off taking the word of a scumbag over the police? Thke problem with our society is that we cater to the deviants regardless of what they do. You have “rights” when you behave and operate within society’s laws. When you choose to behave and operate outside those laws, you should forfeith your rights. These types of idiots make a mockery of justice. They basically say, “screw you and your laws”, but then they try to hide behind them when it suites them. Maybe when these criminals get the messages the police aren’t going to put up with their crap, they’ll start to get the message.

  • March 3, 2008 at 11:24 am
    KOB says:
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    You guys make this guy the scum of the earth. The report indicates that he was charged and convicted for weapons possession. There is no charge indicating that there was an actual victinm to a crime committed by him. How would like for a cop to play jury and have carte blanche authority to beat/abuse you or one of your relatives or strip you or one of your relatives? I know that you may say that you won’t have an illegal gun or carry drugs, but what if the cop simply suspects that you have drugs or a handgun and strip searches you in public? I think that you guys are overlooking the race issue on this matter.

  • March 3, 2008 at 11:40 am
    Al says:
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    It is as valid to charge the perp with racism as the cop. How do you know that the perp is trying to hurt a white cop with false or exaggerated charges because he hates whites? Most interracial crime, and I mean like 90%, is black on white. So maybe cops, being human, react accordingly. The perp was not just pulled off the street, was eventually convicted.

    Support your local police!

  • March 3, 2008 at 1:55 am
    KOB says:
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    Al,

    Where do you get your stats from? What about the number of hate crimes committed that actually receive national Attention? What about the number of unreported hate crimes? Also, figure out the non-crimes committed by whites against blacks, such as discrimination, threats, etc….

  • March 3, 2008 at 2:16 am
    Al says:
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    =Where do you get your stats from?

    The FBI’s Uniform Crime Statistics.

    =What about the number of hate crimes committed that actually receive national Attention?

    How many of those are there? What difference does it make if they are given natl att or not? These still count as inter-racial crimes, and like I said, it’s a 90/10 split black on white. More blacks are victimized by blacks than by whites too.

    =What about the number of unreported hate crimes?

    Well, it’s hard to know how many of those there are. It would be as logical to want to count unreported non-hate crimes by blacks against whites, wouldn’t it? And isn’t every crime the result of hate? There are many black on white rapes and murders that are not counted as so-called hate crimes (hate crime being a stupid and Orwellian concept anyway).

    Also, figure out the non-crimes committed by whites against blacks, such as discrimination, threats, etc….

    Uh, I can’t imagine how to figure that out, but it makes as much sense to count the same thing in reverse in my argument, but I am not a guilt-ridden white liberal who wants to imagine that blacks are perpetual victims who can’t get along without help from guilt ridden white liberals.



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