Alleged NYPD Subway Sodomites Appear in Court

Here's a lede you don't see every day, courtesy the NY Times: "A New York City patrolman used his baton to sodomize a man in a subway station, and two complicit colleagues helped him cover it up, the Brooklyn district attorney charged on Tuesday as he unsealed indictments against three police officers. Using graphic detail, the district attorney described an attack that he said left the man, Michael Mineo, with a gashed anus and blood on his hands." (We'll miss you when you're gone, paper of record.)

The accused officers appeared in Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday for the arraignment, during which D.A. Charles Hynes charged that immediately following the subterranean violation, Mineo showed officers the blood only to be ignored. Officer Richard Kern, the sodomite in question, allegedly told him "that if he reported the circumstances to anyone, he would be arrested and charged with a felony." Hynes also compared the incident to the other notorious NYPD anal rape, that of Abner Louima 11 years ago, and he took pains to make sure the jury understood "the comparison, is that the allegation that an instrument in each case was shoved up someone’s anus." Got it!

The Daily News has it that a plainclothes cop in the courtroom yesterday called Mineo a faggot, to which he responded by blowing a kiss. At a press conference later, Hynes told reporters that Kern, age 25, could be sentenced to 25 years in prison. Officers Alex Cruz and Andrew Morales have been charged with hindering prosecution and official misconduct for allegedly covering up the incident. Cruz's lawyer insists the D.A. doesn't "even have a paper-thin case." And Police union chief Patrick Lynch says the public should withhold judgment until the jury reaches a verdict: "We have earned the benefit of a doubt with our blood and sacrifice."

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By John Del Signore in News on December 10, 2008 1:36 PM

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galen408

I am trying not be prejudgemental, but doesn't the white cop look a little "weird"?

I thought the NYPD had much higher standards than this.

I wouldn't want to be standing next to him in the shower at the gym.

rasputinsghost

For a homophobe Ides sure is obsessed with butts

everyAframe

kreetoo said>>[And let's not forget: Mineo is charged in an April gang assault at the tattoo parlor where he works. He's charged in the beating of a 14 year old and a 16 year old, one of whom now has to wear dentures because of the attack.]

ah, wait. if kreetoo is right, I'm on cops side in this.

nycgurl

So true #40; yes innocent until proven guilty, but the city has already settled a lawsuit against this blue pervert. When will they dump these kinds of cops- any decent cop should be outraged.

NannyState

I have one of those collapsible batons and they can be very gnarly. That said, I would never shove My Asp up anyone's ass. That would makle me an Asphole.

breaknight

Police: "We have earned the benefit of a doubt with our blood and sacrifice."

Um...fascism anyone?

jonathan

So this is what happens when two dickbags collide.

Kreetoo

Sorry, I can't feel sorry for this loser. Let's see...

"NYPD officials said Mineo had been smoking a joint as he walked down the street..." [breaking the law #1]

"...and then ran when officers - who are black, Hispanic and white - approached." [breaking the law #2]

And let's not forget: Mineo is charged in an April gang assault at the tattoo parlor where he works. He's charged in the beating of a 14 year old and a 16 year old, one of whom now has to wear dentures because of the attack.

So he's a scofflaw and a child abuser. This guy is a piece of shit and got what he deserved.

matty

^inorite!?lol

robingee

The guy second from the left ain't on board.

everyAframe

That dude looks cute and those cops look latent.

schizofriendly

Who wants fame predicated on being a spectacular victim?

so1337

Called out Gay to work

theevilone

An ASP to the ass.

Dirk

Damn... I can't believe the cops were stupid enough to sodomize the guy in broad daylight.

matty

i wonder if he called in sick to work today.

robingee

>> This is the type of baton:

http://www.copquest.com/21-1000.htm >>>

Well that just gets me excited.

MC Hammer

I recommend a sniff test of the evidence.

Are they sure it was a baton? Perhaps it was Lemmiwinks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcR3ZFlMYNQ