In Matters Big and Small, Crossing Giuliani Had Price

[RedEarth]

Source: nyt

Rudolph W. Giuliani likens himself to a boxer who never takes a punch without swinging back. As mayor, he made the vengeful roundhouse an instrument of government, clipping anyone who crossed him.

In August 1997, James Schillaci, a rough-hewn chauffeur from the Bronx, dialed Mayor Giuliani’s radio program on WABC-AM to complain about a red-light sting run by the police near the Bronx Zoo. When the call yielded no results, Mr. Schillaci turned to The Daily News, which then ran a photo of the red light and this front page headline: “GOTCHA!”

That morning, police officers appeared on Mr. Schillaci’s doorstep. What are you going to do, Mr. Schillaci asked, arrest me? He was joking, but the officers were not.

They slapped on handcuffs and took him to court on a 13-year-old traffic warrant. A judge threw out the charge. A police spokeswoman later read Mr. Schillaci’s decades-old criminal rap sheet to a reporter for The Daily News, a move of questionable legality because the state restricts how such information is released. She said, falsely, that he had been convicted of sodomy.

Then Mr. Giuliani took up the cudgel.



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[hisownpetard]

1. Great article. Thanks for posting.

[midnight]

2. How is the old mayor doing in this election?

[moodforaday]

3. What a vindictive little

shit, why am I not surprised. Then again, he got himself elected, didn't he? This only confirms my belief that anyone who chooses to run for a high enough office should be disqualified on that basis alone. The political process of self-selection favors sociopathic personalities.

[Acadia Blue]

4. Glad he is hopefully out of the race. We don't need another one

like bush whose total idea is loyalty and payback

[DinahMoeHum]

5. A classic example of "Il Douche" standing on a cement block

to kick a duck in the ass.

:evilfrown:

[keepCAblue]

6. 'Giuliani Time' Great Documentary - exposes all of G's dirty secrets.

Though made in 2005, I just saw this doc a couple days ago. I'd already known G was a slimeball of the highest order, but this doc sealed that opinion. G's mafia family background, strong-armed tactics and bigger-than-godzilla ego combine to make him a perfect minion for the Bush crime family and the Rethuglican party.

[BearSquirrel2]

9. It's 1997 NY Times ...

Gee, wouldn't it be great if NY Times had done some journalism like this in 1995 instead of 12 years later. Maybe if they had some coverage on Giuliani's Quixotic determination to have the command and control center in the World Trade Center by systematically disqualifying all other sites, then faining ignorance and saying that was were it was recommended.

[keepCAblue]

10. And don't forget G's role in the anthrax mailings.

Giuliani Firm Anthrax Work Ends in a Feud: http://www.nysun.com/article/23660

Whitman Criticizes Giuliani Admin. On Handling Of Anthrax Scare: http://www.wnbc.com/politics/13548498/detail.html

RUDY RASPUTIN GIULIANI & FLORIDA ANTHRAX: http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd259.htm

[Javaman]

7. This is the classic example of mafia rule. nt

[Supersedeas]

8. another reason for Chrissy Matthews to have a man-crush on Mr. Giggles, Giggliani