It seems that the Brooklyn Police scandal has taken on a new low:
Two narcotics officers, Detective Sean Johnstone and Officer Julio Alvarez, lied about the amount of cocaine they recovered from a suspect in September, collecting 28 bags but reporting 17. Detective Johnstone was later recorded boasting that he withheld the drugs and gave them to an informant, a clear violation of department policy, which allows informants to be paid with cash or leniency, but never drugs.
An inquiry by the department’s Internal Affairs Bureau followed, and led to the arrests last week of two other officers in the unit, Sgt. Michael Arenella and Officer Jerry Bowens. According to court papers, in November the pair took drugs and cash they had recovered and gave them to a confidential informant as payback. They had recovered 40 bags of cocaine and $250, but reported only 38 bags and $210, officials said.
As a result, the Brooklyn district attorney’s office has moved to dismiss 80 drug cases, and is analyzing whether 100 more are tainted.
Look how much work these corrupt cops have caused. I wonder how many innocent people are in prison as a result of their actions.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Corruption Scandal Widens In Brooklyn's Police Dept.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
"Sean Bell Case"Defendants Want Case Move
Everyone, across the nation, knows what happen in the Sean Bell case. That's what makes the following argument pointless:
Lawyers for three police detectives charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man in Queens in 2006 filed a motion yesterday requesting that the trial, scheduled to begin next month, be moved out of New York City, saying publicity has “incurably poisoned” the pool of prospective jurors.
Detectives Michael Oliver, Gescard F. Isnora and Marc Cooper are charged in the shooting outside a Jamaica strip club at which the man, Sean Bell, was shot and killed in the early morning of the day that he was to be married.
In the filing, their lawyers said they had polled 600 Queens residents and found that 60.5 percent of the respondents believed the shooting to have been unjustified. The motion also cites remarks made after the shooting by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who said the circumstances surrounding the shooting were “inexplicable” and “unacceptable.”
Do you think a change of venue will change the facts?
