Cop Shoots ATM In a Fit of Drunken Financial Crisis

NYPD Sergeant John Hynes was suspended from the force and arrested on charges of of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and prohibited use of a weapon after using his police gun to unload on an Upper East Side ATM. After accompanying Police Commisioner Ray Kelly to NY Post writer Steve Dunleavy's retirement part, Hynes then took his status as a member of the NYPD's ceremonial unit to the next level and hit the bars uptown. At his third bar, Brady's on 2nd Avenue, he was staggering around with his gun visible, an NYPD no-no. A Brady's bartender told the Daily News, "I was freaking out. I wasn't going to serve the guy, but I didn't want to have to say no to a drunk with a gun." After leaving, police say Hynes fired his 9 mm on an ATM at 2nd and 83rd St., then found a nearby stoop where he was sitting alone where he was arrested. Maybe he had been inspired by the celebration of the notoriously hard-drinking Dunleavy.

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By Billy Parker in News on October 4, 2008 1:11 PM

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WorksInDUMBO

RIP ATM

realist

thank you Fritzdecat, for the keen & winning comment.

NannyState

So when do we get ATMs that shoot back?

Fritzdecat

At least he doesn't have to answer to the Coca Cola Company...

Dirk

The "Where's Al Sharpton" joke is getting old, guys.

entropone

Interesting.

There seems to be a certain demographic frequently in the news for their violent behavior.

And they're all wearing badges.

TKaisen

Remember, these guys are stable enough to own weapons. You aren't.

Spirit of 76

No, it was on a bicycle.

mocanlagunas

Was the ATM black?

ANGRYGOD11

You people should be ashamed of yourselves!

How do YOU KNOW the ATM didn't provoke the guy?

How can you be sure the ATM didn't look like it was reaching for a weapon?

Or maybe the ATM looked like another ATM (you know they really all look alike) wanted for another crime?

drewo

Goons with guns. That can't hold their booze.

That's today's NYPD!

Kelly and his cronies should be ashamed.

JacqueMehoff

he's in trouble now, an ATM is worth more than a human being here.

thefacts

shoot the bankers, not the bank

woodendesigner

With all these stories about cops doing stupid things lately you really have to wonder what the hell is going on.

leonwestbrook

Did he shoot the ATM 41 times?

slappy

Bailout rage.

Rfive

where's al sharpton?

HUGO_MEGO

What's the problem? No one got shot.

meowster

WTFucking fuck? Please tell me this drunk retard gets more than "admin duty". Bloody hell.

Snoopy

What a sad story. Is there any report on the condition of the ATM? Did it give up a good fight before the shots were fired?

Where is the NYPD getting these people?