Gothamist: The 2nd Avenue Deli Alibi

Mike

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:53:28 -0500

For legal reasons, and for the record, I must protest the categorization that I was part of the protest. I can neither confirm nor deny that this is so, and I ask Gothamist to retract its statement.

JarJar

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:05:50 -0500

Ok 96.50 bucks for food for his sick girlfriend? Anyone fells something's amiss about that?

Mike Benedetto

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 13:04:09 -0500

Yeah, it's irksome that this is described as a "happy ending" when he's out a hundred bucks (not fun for a grad student), got in trouble with his girlfriend and probably spent the whole weekend in jail, and when he probably didn't have any more punishment coming to him anyway. Of course, much of the point of the mass arrests was that far more would be lost to the victims than could ever be compensated.

Brian Van

Wed, 01 Dec 2004 11:57:54 -0500

Is there nothing that gets done in return for the unfair arrest? I don't mind the idea of proper police enforcement, and people do make mistakes, but it aggravates me every time I hear a story like this where something unjust was done and you don't hear a peep of an apology or a cent of a compensation payment. Wouldn't it be really cheap for the city to have these cases settled out of court for $500? (plus the cost of the food of course) Or are they just going to pay a bunch of lawyers tens of thousands of dollars to affirm their own self-righteousness if he does indeed sue?