ny cops go to wrong address, drag woman into hallway barebreasted. charge her and family w crimes

[Liberal_in_LA]

During the brutality they realized their mistake and tried to cover it with a lie. They claimed the saw injuries to her child's face. No injuries were found.




http://www.salon.com/2014/08/03/nypd_dragged_a_48_year_old_naked_woman_from_her_apartment_as_neighbors_protest_and_tape_arrest/

Credit: AP)
Denise Stewart, a 48-year-old Brooklyn woman was dragged by NYPD from her apartment and arrested in the late hours of July 13, New York Daily News reported. The grandmother had just taken a shower and was only wearing a towel and pair of underpants when NYPD pounded on her door.

The NYPD officers were responding to a domestic violence 911-call made from the Brownsville apartment building. However, according to the Daily News, they did not know the apartment number. After hearing shouts from Stewart’s apartment they banged on the door at 11:45 PM. According to the Daily News, Stewart told the police they had the wrong apartment and attempted to close the door. Denise Stewart was then dragged by the NYPD cops into the hallway.

Neighbors captured part of the arrest on video, which shows male officers struggling to subdue the woman, and Stewart calling for her oxygen.

“For approximately two minutes and 20 seconds, Stewart was bare-breasted in the hallway as additional police officers tramped up the stairs and through the hallway, glancing at her as they passed by,” the Daily News reported. Eventually a female officer covered her with a towel.

[Rex]

1. You gotta love our very own version of Police State!

A state of mind the leaves out the human touch and replaces it with a jackboot on your neck.

[Liberal_in_LA]

2. statement from her attorney. ihope she gets rich

http://www.12newsnow.com/story/26190612/attorney-amy-rameau-releases-statement-about-the-nypds-treatment-of-her-half-naked-client

[atreides1]

19. I hope she gets rich too.

But it's the tax payers that will be actually paying for the NYPDs f**k up!

[justiceischeap]

3. What I don't understand (well, there's a lot I don't understand)

but a) I thought female cops were supposed to deal with females (particularly those in such an undressed state) and b) why the hell were there that many cops for a domestic disturbance call? I can see sending in two units but it looked like a damn party there.

[freedom fighter jh]

7. They may not have known it was a woman they would be dealing with.

For a search or an interrogation -- something that happens at a police station -- they have some control over gender alignment. When they send cops out to answer a call, they don't know which gender they're going to get, so I guess they could send cops of either gender or both. But most cops are men, not women.

There's a lot I don't understand too. Like how something this outrageous could happen. I think it can happen routinely only if there are no consequences when it does happen, if police violations are overlooked routinely.

[FSogol]

11. Not trying to excuse their actions in this specific incident, but your comment of "why the hell

were there that many cops for a domestic disturbance call?" Domestic disturbance calls are the most dangerous for the police. It is when a cop is most likely to get injured or killed.

[justiceischeap]

23. I know they are the most dangerous calls

In my younger years I wanted to be a police officer and belonged to an Explorer program and we were allowed to go on ride-alongs. Several of those ride-alongs were for domestics.

I guess my confusion stems from the fact that most police departments don't send that many cops out for a domestic. They will usually send two units (4 officers) and if more are needed, then they are radioed. This looked like half the Brooklyn police force was there. Of course, we don't know when in the process, exactly, the video was made so there is that.

Either way, the video showed outrageous conduct.

[2pooped2pop]

4. Perhaps they can take a postal worker with them on raids

Maybe then they would find the right address. lol

[gordianot]

21. With my mail delivery recently would not count on it.

[2pooped2pop]

36. I had the national guard contact me

for rescue help during floods, when I delivered mail to an area somewhat off the grid. Rural carriers know who is where. Some carriers are better than others obviously. lol

[Iggo]

5. Yay, Cops!

They're the best!

[magical thyme]

6. they peppersprayed her 4 year old grandson!?!?!

and punched her 12 year old daughter

"They pepper sprayed her four year old grandson and a male officer punched her twelve year old daughter and called her a “black piece of shit”, the same twelve year old they claim they were there to protect."

[valerief]

9. A Fox watcher would say, "Yeah, but no one got shot." Is that our new standard? nt

[ohnoyoudidnt]

10. Sickening

Some of these psychos with guns and badges are worse than the people they are supposed to protect us from.

[kelliekat44]

13. If the cop said what you quote, isn't this a civil rights crime as well? nt

[freebrew]

16. sounds like a Hate Crime...nt

[uponit7771]

33. Sounds like a hate crime, word and deed actions of animus !!!

[valerief]

8. On a domestic violence call, how many cops does it take to dehumanize innocent

people for the greater ruling class goal of dehumanizing a racial minority?

I couldn't count them all.

[TRoN33]

12. NYPD under Bratton leadership is getting a lot worse...

Bratton is capitalist corporate puppet.

[Enthusiast]

15. There are very few things worse than a capitalist corporate puppet.

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[Liberal_in_LA]

32. Bratton is a racist. spreading his violent form of racism from city to city

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[Enthusiast]

14. This is horrible!

These cop fuckers are completely out of control.

[n2doc]

17. And then they charged her with indecent exposure

[Thor_MN]

18. Attention all units, see the, ahhh person, domestic violence, in an appartment...

"Dispatch, what apartment, where?"

"It's in a building, pick one."

[McCamy Taylor]

20. Before the days of video phones this would have been covered up by the police.

[justiceischeap]

24. In the article, I think it was the attorney, who said

the police punched the 12 year old girl in the face. Makes me wonder if they weren't trying to cover that up by claiming they saw an abused girl.

[LittleBlue]

22. Every police force has its problems, but

the NYC police seem especially out of control.

Reading this is like reading about police treatment in authoritarian states.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Do they HAVE to keep living up to this image?

[Takket]

26. -

maybe lost in all this... what happened to the person who made the actual call to the police? Whoever he/she was probably never actually got the help they needed!!! So not only does this innocent lady get victimized but whoever was in distress never got the help they needed.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

30. I was thinking that, too.

But then again, they aren't here to "protect and serve."

They assaulted someone so today's quota was met.

Absolutely sickening.

[Liberal_in_LA]

34. at tne end of the video they run up to another apt. they realize their mistake soon enough

But as usual, double down on it. Find reasons to charge the victims

[MADem]

27. Looks like grandma can pay for college for the grandchildren! And maybe a few cruises or other

holidays for herself! Sue, sue, SUE!

I LOVE that videographer--he deserves a Pulitzer. The running commentary was right on the mark, too. They can't say they weren't TOLD about their behavior.

[HooptieWagon]

28. I'm sure the DOJ will investigate all these cases of police brutality/cover-ups.

[tkmorris]

35. You ever had a bad potato?

Especially when you have a bad one in the middle of a sack of good potatoes. If you don't find and remove the bad one pronto, all of the potatoes go bad almost overnight. And the stink! It's horrifying.

I would imagine bad cops are a lot like that. Having one is bad enough, but if you fail to get rid of him in time pretty soon the whole place stinks to high heaven.

[Brigid]

31. One of these days . . .

There is going to be one too many of these incidents with the NYPD, and there is going to be a riot.

[grahamhgreen]

37. Indecent exposure! Of course she was arrested!