NYPD cop who tackled James Blake covered up arrest

[geek tragedy]

Source: NY Daily News

The unapologetic cop who body-slammed tennis great James Blake outside a Midtown hotel without identifying himself as an officer allegedly tried to cover up the bogus arrest.

Officer James Frascatore failed to inform his superiors that he threw Blake to the sidewalk and cuffed him in the mistaken belief that he was a wanted credit card thief, police said Thursday.

It took Blake coming forward to the Daily News with accusations of being manhandled by a plainclothes cop outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel to put the incident on the NYPD’s radar.


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Frascatore, a four-year NYPD veteran who in the past has been accused of using excessive force and failing to identify himself as a cop, was placed on desk duty and had his gun and badge yanked after detectives viewed the surveillance video from the hotel.

Read more: http://m.nydailynews.com/news/national/bratton-defends-cops-tackled-tennis-star-james-blake-article-1.2354973

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Another one of Pat Lynch's heroes.

[Binkie The Clown]

1. Axiom 1: Gangs are dangerous.

Axiom 2: The police are a gang.
Therefore: Police are dangerous.

[MiniMe]

2. Don't know that I would call Blake a "tennis great", but that is the daily news's description

However, there is no excuse for what was done in this case. Hope that cop gets fired.

[Borchkins]

4. He was #4 in the world at one point.

I think that qualifies as great.

[Judi Lynn]

17. Truly, Borchkins. Thanks for the input. n/t

[Rebubula]

7. The Fact....

...that he won 366 Matches, won 10 Singles Titles and 7 Doubles, was ranked 4th in 2006 (spent much of his career in the top 100 of all Male players in the world), won a Davis and 2 Hopman Cups, almost 8 Million in earnings and more than 12 years in a professional sport.....I think that qualifies him as great.

He may not be a great by Borg, Sampras, Federer standards....but by standards of mortal men, he is a 'Great'

[tabasco]

11. Well, that's subjective, but I think he qualifies as a "great."

No doubt in my mind.

[left-of-center2012]

13. Great or not

He was an innocent victim

[SkyDaddy7]

14. THANK-YOU!!!!!!

[MiniMe]

15. I agree with that part

And said so in my post. Didn't think he was "great", but no excuse for what the cops did.

[BronxBoy]

16. So why not stay focused on that????

Talking about whether or not he was "great" first instead of focusing on the fact that HE WAS BODY SLAMMED IN THE STREET only serves to validate Our opinions that white people seek to minimize our rage any chance they get

[Judi Lynn]

18. Why the need to downplay his tennis skills? I've never seen anything like your post.

Your rancor for this man compels you to try to change the subject from a very vicious attack on him to your claim he's not really worth much, anyway.

A person would most naturally assume you are attempting to attack him because of his race (human), since his standing internationally in his chosen field is exceptional.

[BklnDem75]

3. Five officers involved and none reported...

Who were the good cops in this situation?

[valerief]

6. ^^^THIS^^^

When the "good" cops are afraid of the "bad" cops, there are no "good" cops.
When the "good" cops enable the "bad" cops, there are no "good" cops.

These "good" cops are doing one or the other.

[Johnyawl]

10. the silent blue wall...

...has to be changed.

The King County Sheriff (Seattle is in King County) has started firing deputies who lie on their reports to cover another deputies misdeeds. The next step is to discipline those cops who ignore and remain silent about shit like this.

[Dr Rise]

5. Can't be black

and be on the streets anymore w/out fear of harassment/death.
I'm pissed ....

[Sunlei]

8. police should not be allowed to slam or ground anyone.

[libdem4life]

9. Amazing how stories change when video/cell phones come into the situation.

Oops, just an innocent mistake. Not. Body and dash cams for all LEO. The huge amounts of damages forced on municipalities (taxpayers) when they break the law, i.e. kill or maim citizens, would more than pay for the cost.

I'll bet if each state added a $2 or 3 optional "donation" on state tax forms, it could all be over. That is the only way police will become honest. And I say that knowing that every single LEO has seen or witnessed some act by their colleagues that should be reported, but that Blue Line forbids. Thus, collusion and it's on them, too.

[Chakab]

12. This guy has previous excessive force complaints and complaints about failure to identify himself.

This is the real issue with these bad cop stories that people hate hearing about. In these cases, it's usually not just the one time that these guys had a bad day and screwed up. They're on the street abusing the color of authority and making people's lives miserable day in and day out.

If there's a threat to the good cops on the job, it's not people who are calling out police misconduct but rather the "blue wall" that protects violent incompetents like this who abuse people and make certain communities resentful of all police officers.