December 7, 2007
Detective's Lie Caught on MP3
Let's go to the audiotape digital recording! A Bronx detective was indicted on perjury charges after claiming in court that he never interrogated a teen shooting suspect - only for the teen to reveal he recorded the interrogation.
Back in December 2005, 17-year-old Erik Crespo was accused of shooting a man in a High Bridge apartment building. He was arrested and when Detective Christopher Perino interviewed him, he used an MP3 player to record their conversation. Crespo's lawyer explained his client made the recording because he did not trust the police. Excerpts from the NY Times and Post that show the strong-arm interrogation tactics seen on TV dramas are not that far off:
From the TimesDuring Crespo's trial, Perino repeatedly said he did not interrogate the defendant, making way for the defense to introduce the recording.
“I can make sure you don’t see the judge for three days,” Detective Perino told him, according to the transcript.The detective also repeatedly tried to dissuade the suspect from consulting a lawyer, even though Mr. Crespo told him that he wished he had a lawyer to advise him, according to the transcript.
“I don’t know what to do, man,” Mr. Crespo said. “I wish I had some help. A lawyer or something. I don’t know what to do.”
From the Post
"You don't want to give a statement - I don't give a (expletive)," Perino said, according to a transcript. "But just remember I'm never gonna have your side of the story when I walk into a court of law."Without the statement, Perino warned, the court would rely on security video and the victim's version of the shooting.
"He's the victim," said Perino, a 19-year veteran. "He's a scumbag, but he's the victim. You following me? He can go up there... and tell them whatever the (expletive) he wants to tell them."
A police source told the Daily News that Perino "simply forgot about the interview when he took the witness stand." And Perino himself said, "I'm overworked . . . Anybody who knows me knows I'm walking around half-dead," and, per the Post, mentioned "he was working two jobs, his wife was sick, he has four kids, and he was juggling as many as 40 cases at the time."
Crespo was offered a 7-year sentence for weapons possession after the recording was disclosed; he had been facing attempted murder charges and up to 25 years in prison. Perino was charged with 12 counts of perjury, each with a maximum sentence of seven years. Bronx DA Robert Johnson said, "These are very serious charges that put the safety of all law-abiding citizens at risk, because they undermine the integrity and foundation of the entire criminal justice system. This indictment hopefully will send a strong message that anyone in law enforcement who engages in illegal conduct of this nature will be dealt with to the full extent of the law."
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distrusted?
You mean cops aren't the upstanding citizens we all took them to be. Who would've guess.
why hasn't this been done on law & order yet?
(thunk! thunk!)
A police source told the Daily News that Perino "simply forgot about the interview when he took the witness stand."
Well yeah, the most dangerous kind of liar is the kind that doesn't even know he's lying. Unfortunately, that seem to be often the case with cops. After the hairbrush shooting Kerik made some sort of semi-apologetic remark, that cops had to be right "100% of the time." They aren't of course, but they pretend they are.
(thunk! thunk!)
The sound is quite clearly "Doink Doink".
" I'm walking around half-dead," and, per the Post, mentioned "he was working two jobs, his wife was sick, he has four kids, and he was juggling as many as 40 cases at the time."
Oh that sounds like the perfect candidate to be carrying around a weapon.
On top of being a whiner he is a liar. Another fine example of the incompetence and bullying asshats that permeate the NYPD.
Unfortunately the NYPD is a rotten barrel with a few good apples.
HHAHA!
i hate cops just as much as i hate brokers!
No I have it on good authority - it's:
CHUNG! CHUNG!
"I'm overworked . . . Anybody who knows me knows I'm walking around half-dead," and, per the Post, mentioned "he was working two jobs, his wife was sick, he has four kids, and he was juggling as many as 40 cases at the time"
An enterprising defense attorney whose clients might have been arrested by this guy and subsequently convicted by his testimony, might be able to parlay that little disclaimer into grounds for appeal.
From that interrogation, it does not sound like Perino is half-dead.
They are over worked from Operation Lucky Day.
Operation Lucky Bag
(& i think it sounds more like toong! toong!)
as much as I hate cops. Who will do their jobs? the younger cops are pretty idealistic, it's just the low pay and depressing atmosphere slowly turn them into god complex egomaniacs.
Since you Law and Order fans are so into onomatopoeia:
Todd Rundgren Onomatopoeia lyrics
Onomatopoeia every time I see ya
My senses tell me hubba
And I just can't disagree
I get a feeling in my heart that I can't describe
It's sort of lub, dub, lub, dub
A sound in my head that I can't describe
It's sort of zoom, zip, hiccup, drip
Ding, dong, crunch, crack, bark, meow, whinnie, quack
Onomatopoeia in proximity ya
Rearrange my brain in a strange cacophony
I get a feeling somewhere that I can't describe
It's sort of uh, uh, uh, uh
A sound in my head that I can't describe
It's sort of whack, whir, wheeze, whine
Sputter, splat, squirt, scrape
Clink, clank, clunk, clatter
Crash, bang, beep, buzz
Ring, rip, roar, retch
Twang, toot, tinkle, thud
Pop, plop, plunk, pow
Snort, snuk, sniff, smack
Screech, splash, squish, squeek
Jingle, rattle, squeel, boing
Honk, hoot, hack, belch
From Hermit of Mink Hollow
As far as another NYPD'er, I blame it on the leadership.
Been out of twon for a bit, but a detective was caught lying, no effin way!! Those fashionably challenged douches lie every time they open their mouth. On the witness stand, on the phone, in the precinct, probably even to their wives. These guys never met a truth they couldn't lie about. Fuck em.