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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYC I detective in Viral Uber Rant Video Apologizes...but loses his badge and position
NYC detective in unmarked car went all testosterone on a "foreign" Uber driver.
The cop apologized AFTER the the video went viral but that did not save the guy from consequences:
Don'tcha just love the sweet smell of justice in the morning?
uppityperson
(115,679 posts)ETA another story. Glad they stripped him. I don't care if someone you know had a heart attack, this is inappropriate, as are the other dozen times you had complaints filed against you.
http://gothamist.com/2015/04/02/cherry_jammed_up.php
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Others feel the NYPD is coming down too heavy on Cherry. Michael J. Palladino, the president of the Detectives Endowment Association, says that before his fateful encounter with the Uber driver, Cherry had been visiting a fellow detective with the Joint Terrorism Task Force who is hospitalized following a heart attack....
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)left off "task Force"
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)Is that a new Apple security product?
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)Instead of driving around New York City all day.
That's not really very punishing. It almost sounds like a reward because it seems like a much easier, cushier job.
The punishment should be more like picking up trash on the side of the highway or something.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)HAHAHAHAHAH
mercuryblues
(14,537 posts)to say that if he Killed the driver, he not only still be on the streets, but he would also be promoted.
BronxBoy
(2,286 posts)do these people get fired?????
Mariana
(14,860 posts)if he can't be done for his abusive behavior.
Hey, dumb cops, guess what? Lots of people are carrying around devices that can record video! One of them may even record YOU if you act like an asshole!
Any cop who is too thick to have figured that out by now has no business being in that job.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)That cop would have lost his job.
This is good that this asshat NYPD officer lost his job, but I can't fail to see the irony.
former9thward
(32,080 posts)Just has to sit behind a desk for awhile.