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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 12:59 PM Jun 2014

Cop who punched Occupy Wall Street protester gets tax-free disability pension

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A NYPD cop caught in a violent confrontation with an Occupy Wall Street protester has been granted a tax-free disability pension for injuries suffered during the confrontation, the Daily News has learned.

Video captured Deputy Inspector Johnny Cardona, punching Felix Rivera-Pitre during a demonstration in the Financial District on Oct. 14, 2011.

The NYPD said Rivera-Pitre, then 37, was the instigator and tried to elbow Cardona.

Roy Richter, head of the Captains Endowment Association, said other video shows Cardona caught in a headlock and that Cardona was trampled and hurt so badly he suffered back injuries and needed hip replacement surgery and operations on both knees.


Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/punched-ows-protester-tax-free-disability-pension-article-1.1828434#ixzz34XVQ1i47

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Cop who punched Occupy Wall Street protester gets tax-free disability pension (Original Post) hrmjustin Jun 2014 OP
Uh, I think he had serious hip and knee problems Kelvin Mace Jun 2014 #1
Could be. hrmjustin Jun 2014 #2
 

Kelvin Mace

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1. Uh, I think he had serious hip and knee problems
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 01:21 PM
Jun 2014

BEFORE he attacked Cardona. She was accused of an elbow to the face, not the knees or hips.

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