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A grand jury has decided not to move forward with assault charges against a man arrested in connection with a September 7th fight at the Staten Island ferry terminal in Manhattan that left firefighter Matthew Dugan, 34, in critical condition. Doctors had to put Dugan, who is still hospitalized but in stable condition, into a medically induced coma after two operations to reduce the pressure on his brain. Police say the fight started after Dugan entered the terminal with his girlfriend, Sandy Wong, around 1:30 a.m. after a night of drinking. When Wong slipped on some stairs, Rasheeim Turner and two pals started laughing; Dugan told them to shut up, and was attacked.
Surveillance video led police to Turner, 20, after they identified him in a second video made by the Staten Island motorcycle club, "N2 Deep." But an anonymous source tells the Daily News that jurors may have considered the altercation a "one-on-one fight." The source says, "[The grand jurors] believed the defendant's actions were justified. The judge dismissed the case and sealed it." A relative of Turner's told reporters outside his Staten Island that the grand jury's decision "speaks for itself."
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that is seriously fucked up.
Huh? How's that work?
From the article in the Daily News:
"The firefighter was knocked to the ground and his attackers continued to punch and kick him, witnesses told police"
They attack him, kept assaulting him when he's down and it's NOT a crime?
WTF?
what? and one kirsten dunst theives can get up to 15 years?
How is it justifiable to beat a man senseless then leave the scene? If you want to plead self-defense, at least stick around until the cops arrive.
Exactly. Forever, flight equaled guilt in the eyes of the law now this. Stunning.
i, too, am confused as to how you can beat the fuck out of someone and not be charged with a crime. makes me nervous.
Good to know that me and my friends can beat someone into a coma and get away with it. And how did the jurors come to the conclusion that it was a one-on-one fight? And even so, does that mean its justified?
Strange all around.
Sounds like it's time for some vigilante justice, since the system has failed this man. I say the FDNY ram a truck through Turner's house, or better yet beat him senseless with hyrdant wrenches.
It sounds to me like while everyone was in the middle of piling on, they failed to realize that the most important witness, one that the grand jury was able to review, wasn't quoted in the blurb above...
...what was on the surveillance video that convinced the Grand Jury not to pursue charges?
This does all sounds very fishy. Still, Turner sounds like a real punk-@ss who deserves to get a fire truck through his house.
What the french?? I agree with all of your comments, where is his girlfriend who witnessed this whole incident?! Something is definitely not Kosher here!!
Wow, there must not have been a functioning brain cell amongst members of that grand jury. Sheesh.
Definitely fishy.
playground shenanigans.
Turner better hope his home doesn't catch on fire, I doubt the firefighters will be quick to respond to that.
The real grand jury must be on vacation and replaced by the P.C. one they use on Law & Order.
PS: Don't ever give these gangs of feral thugs an excuse to start the confrontation they spend so much of their time wandering around the city looking for. Ignore them no matter what comes out of their mouths. They are spoiling for a fight and *any* response will justify one to them.