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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 07:47 PM Jul 2015

cops run stop sign and hit car. arrest sober driver for DUI as cover

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/man-claims-cops-frame-dui-charge-article-1.2298358

A Brooklyn man claims NYPD cops in a SUV passed through a stop sign and broadsided his vehicle — then allegedly fabricated charges that he was driving under the influence of alcohol.

“I think the whole thing was insane,” Oliver Wiggins, 31, told the Daily News. “They ran a stop sign and I think they were trying to hide that they caused the accident.”

Wiggins’ lawyer has sent a letter to Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson requesting an investigation of the questionable arrest.

Last week, a prosecutor moved to dismiss the case after the results of a blood test that Wiggins voluntarily took after the accident showed a blood alcohol content of zero and no trace of drugs.

Official documents reviewed by The News raise serious questions about the veracity of the police account charges stemming from the April 19 collision.
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cops run stop sign and hit car. arrest sober driver for DUI as cover (Original Post) Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 OP
:/ Go Vols Jul 2015 #1
The 80% bad cops safeinOhio Jul 2015 #2
There's some creative problem solving Merlot Jul 2015 #3
victim is young black male.. they probably thought it was a slam dunk Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #4
Now that explains it all. lpbk2713 Jul 2015 #6
Cops who lie should go to jail. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #5
+1 uponit7771 Jul 2015 #9
Cops - lies HeiressofBickworth Jul 2015 #7
How the fuck these cops are not in jail is a mystery. I am sure the "union" is defending them. nt Logical Jul 2015 #8

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
3. There's some creative problem solving
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:27 PM
Jul 2015

Did they really think the driver they arrested wouldn't fight this? Maybe the cops were drunk? Anyone give them a test?

lpbk2713

(43,249 posts)
6. Now that explains it all.
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:34 PM
Jul 2015



They MUST be right and he MUST be wrong.

That's no doubt how the officers expect Internal Affairs to see it.


 

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)
5. Cops who lie should go to jail.
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:30 PM
Jul 2015

Those charges are in addition to false arrest, etc. 3-5 years in jail should be about right.

 

Logical

(22,457 posts)
8. How the fuck these cops are not in jail is a mystery. I am sure the "union" is defending them. nt
Tue Jul 28, 2015, 08:36 PM
Jul 2015
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