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3 N.Y.P.D. Commanders Are Arrested on Corruption Charges:
Three New York Police Department commanders, including a deputy chief, were arrested early Monday, along with a Brooklyn businessman, on federal corruption charges stemming from one of several continuing investigations into Mayor Bill de Blasio's campaign fund-raising, according to court papers.
The arrests, of a deputy chief, a deputy inspector and a sergeant, were one of the most significant roundups of police supervisors in the recent history of the department. In striking the top ranks, the case is a particular blow to the storied — and sometimes sullied — reputation of the nation's largest municipal police force.
The court papers in the case detail lavish gifts the two senior police officials are accused of receiving in exchange for taking official action, including expensive meals, free overseas and domestic trips, and the referral of business to a security company associated with one of the officials. The deputy inspector was also accused of receiving a trip on a private jet to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl weekend in 2013, and was said to be accompanied by a prostitute.
Also at Reuters, NY Daily News, and DNAinfo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 21 2016, @05:46AM
We do take that into account.
This is the reason that the government (law makers) are a separate entity from the police (law enforcement) is separate from the Judiciary.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday June 21 2016, @02:22PM
Haha, yeah, good one. They're separate only in theory. In practice, they're all in bed with each other. Eric Garner was strangled by NYPD on camera. The DA refused to indict. And these three cops are going down for corruption only because Preet, the DA, is trying to follow in Elliot Spitzer's footsteps and ride the DA's office into the governor's mansion. I mean, it's totally transparent that that's what he's doing, but thank god somebody is doing something resembling justice in America, even if it's self-serving.
I really hope he takes down Governor Cuomo and the School Construction Authority, too.
Washington DC delenda est.