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Bronx cop Marc Rios, an 11-year-veteran currently under indictment for smashing a man in the face with his baton during a road-rage incident, has now been slapped with a federal civil rights suit. Victim John Roperto is seeking unspecified damages from Rios over the March altercation, which Roperto says was sparked after he left a Kingsbridge nightclub around 4:20 a.m and an NYPD squad car almost ran him over. Roperto, 32, slapped the car in anger, which prompted Rios to get out and crack him in the face with his flexible police baton, breaking both Roperto's cheekbone and the baton.
The lawsuit alleges that the blow knocked Roperto into the gutter, then Rios and his partner drove away. And when Rios's Sergeant later informed him about a 911 call to the location, he allegedly quipped, "That must be my bag of shit." Rios faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted; but maintains he acted in self-defense when Roperto approached him with his hands hidden beneath a jacket. Roperto's lawyer tells the Daily News, "If Rios was wearing a hoodie and baggy pants, he would be in Rikers right now in this case of road rage. And instead of doing anything, Rios' partner speeds off in the getaway car with him."
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Rios faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted; but maintains he acted in self-defense when Roperto approached him with his hands hidden beneath a jacket.
And it will be in self defence, Marc, that a flexible baton will be shoved in your ass in prison.
Most cops are thugs. Generally not too intelligent either. Unfortunately, being less than bright is required to do that kind of job. I look down, way down on cops in NYC. They just seem so freakin dumb. It's actually scary.
This is more of a driver thing, and a macho man thing, than a cop thing. Lots of drivers think this kind of response is proportional to their car being slapped.
It is not necessary to call all cops "veterans".
Having now driven in every big city in the US and Canada, I can tell you without any hesitation that NY drivers (God bless them; I am one of them) are the absolute worst and most ill-mannered. It's all ego.
So you've generally met most cops? You sound like an ignorant snob."I look down, way down on cops in NYC"..eh? Random but so does percentage of these transplants in williamsburg on the south side till they're running at 1am down south 3rd and driggs looking for a cop because the 3ni and pbg sets are killing each other down the block.
On another note..I hope he gets his just sentence. What happened was no less then a brutal assault and now everyone has to pay for the ghetto loterry.
*lottery