NYPD: That's A Drunk, Not A Cop, In Rape-Threat Video

If the perp gets put in jail for a while it may well be a cellmate that`s going to give it to him, however there is a toilet plunger sold everywhere called the "Signature Amadou Diallo Model" to break in the perp first, kind of like a warm up routine.

Do you have any clue what you're talking about? It was Abner Louima--not Amadou Diallo--who was brutally sodomized with the handle of a bathroom plunger by NYC police officers after being arrested outside a Brooklyn nightclub. Louima later sued the city and received a settlement of $8.75 million.

Amadou Diallo was the unarmed innocent victim in the Bronx who was shot and killed by 4 plainclothes cops who mistakenly believed him to be a serial rapist. The cops fired a total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo. Although the undercover cops were amazingly acquitted of all charges by a jury in Albany (yes, Albany), a civil suit against NYC and the NYPD later awarded a $3 million settlement to Diallo's mother and stepfather.

No wonder cops snap and shove things up people's asses.

In the event that he had been carrying this out in full view associated with uniformed officers plus they didn't police arrest him as well, I've major problem with the carry out from the officials present.

Usually, police will only charge someone with impersonating a police officer only if it occurs during a commission of another crime. For example, if this guy proceeded to grab somebody, put handcuffs on him/her, and took property, then the police would most likely charge him with robbery and impersonating a police officer. On the other hand, if some guy is just going around telling people he is a cop (as this guy seemed to do), chances are he would not be arrested.

"On the other hand, if some guy is just going around telling people he is a cop (as this guy seemed to do)"

I'm not going to bother to watch the video again, but did he even actually say that he was a cop, or did people just assume it?

Anyway, you're essentially right. It's actually not illegal to simply say that you're a cop. It only becomes a crime of you take some action, or coerce someone else to do something, based on that pretense.

Yeah they should raid such a place. You know just as well as me that if the police did nothing about this place and at some point there was a fire or some other serious incident, the police would be lambasted by the people on this board.

John, why didn't you report on this story? It's relevant considering it involved officers from the same precinct:

http://www.whatever-whenever.net/blog/2010/08/justice-in-brooklyn/

He did actually, and funny enough he manipulated the woman's blog entry quote to make it look like the police up and left her in the middle of the attempt to recover the bike from the thief

A raid?

for "Assault, Obstructing Governmental Administration, Unlicensed Bottle Club, Selling Alcohol without a License, Unlicensed Warehouse Liquor Storage, and Disorderly Conduct."

Really?

What a waste!

Meanwhile, real criminals are taking over this city again.

Ray Kelly has to go!

Also, I'm sure the neighbors of this illegal club would disagree with you.

Bedbug town deserves it.

Thing is...impersonating an officer is a serious crime. If he was doing this in full view of uniformed officers and they didn't arrest him as well, I have serious issue with the conduct of the officers present.

Give me a break, Drama Queen. They're busy with the crimes they're busting, not listening to all the drunk idiots who nobody would actually believe except some whiny, annoying hipster bitch with her cell phone camera.

"They're busy with the crimes they're busting"

The "crimes" were Obstruction of Governmental Administration. How is that any worse than impersonating a police officer? Logic fail.

Cause they're dealing with all that other shit, if you are using discretion as they should, this guy wasn't a threat, or in a fake uniform, or with a fake badge, or doing anything to these people besides talking drunken shit. They probably weren't even paying attention to this dude.

What other shit? Were the dancers a threat? The guy who pretends to be a cop is much more dangerous than any one else at the "bust".

It has nothing to do with anyone being a tough guy - they were working, and the guy was a drunk idiot who wasn't causing any harm to anyone and they probably weren't even listening to what he was saying, shut the fuck up. A lot of coprs are assholes but they're just doing their job, and YES I find tha ttrue even if they weren't listening to this drunk guy blabber on to people while they made videos of him. They probably thought it was for hipster acting class.

What other shit? Were the dancers a threat? The guy who pretends to be a cop is much more dangerous than any one else at the "bust".

Um what other shit? They were dealing with drunks. Was there another drunk that claimed to be a cop? Cause that sounds pretty dangerous to me. But I'm not a tough guy.

During a raid plain clothes cops would wear their badge, and this guy isn't.

all one had to do was to check if he's packing.

try and brush against his right side.

yeah, it's a cop. white undercovers are much easier to spot. it's the minority one's who are in constant danger from criminals and their own.

he doesn't sound too drunk to me.

Yet another fine example on Gothamist of why real journalism is dead. Go pick up a journalism degree; the lessons in media law and ethics will do wonders for you.

It might be prudent to replace "cop" with "officer" so's to sound more official. An officer who violates the law is more serious than some cop. Great job, John.

Lol @ babypants

Maybe it's Vic Mackey working for ICE.

So basically your first article on this which stated all the events as fact based on one side of the story turn out to potentially not be entirely accurate and now the video "supposedly" shows a cop but you're not quite sure. Keep dreaming of that press pass John

Exactly. Fucking obnoxious.

Notice all the usual crew of cop-hating hipsters are silent on this update.

Oh hi, I'll play...

That's A Drunk, Not A Cop

what, like the two categories are suddenly mutually exclusive?

Anyhoo, it strikes me that this would be a convenient way to disown the behavior of any undercover cop. "It wasn't a cop, it was just some nut pretending to be a cop." Can't be bothered to watch the video and I don't really care, but sounds like "plausible deniability" to me.

What a bizarre stand-off. I hope Mr Teichberg is able to sleuth out the identity of the guy in the tacky tie-die...

I'm thinking that Vladimir is a secretly embedded russian spy and the undercover cop in question is one also - but wait, he wwent rogue and now works on his own terms because "they took everything from him he ever cared about". I can really see this story ending with a fight to the death ontop of the Statue of Liberty or maybe while parachuting with snowboards on.

Your "evidence" is about as incomprehensible as everything that happens after 6:46 in that video.

this vladimir guy sounds like one big pain in the fucking ass. nothing better to do? really?

Good, so stop putting shit on blast when you don't know what you're talking about, it's fucked up. You're a bunch of spoiled brats, seriously.

and yet you keep coming back for more, playboy.

what, are you some kind of masochist?

"mmmmm...piss me off...mmmm...yeah. that's it, make me angry...mmhhmmm..."

Haha. As I said, I enjoy the site. If you want a metaphor, make believe you love a pizza place but hate Sriracha sauce. Every day they add one more drop off sriracha sauce to the pizza sauce. You still love the pizza but you're liking it less and less, until one day it's just not worth it.

hello, you dodged my question yesterday: "so which blog do you work for?"

so based on your non-answer, and with my non-existing psycho skills, i can only conclude this:

you're the really pissed-off reincarnation of CXB.

"well done, sir!"

shut up, you demon in my head.

"i'd appreciate it if you didn't use the d-word, sir; it's very hurtful to our demonic society."

I don't understand the question