Four Queens men sue NYPD after being held for 30 hours, busted for laughing at cops

[NoGOPZone]

Source: NY Daily News via Yahoo! News

Four Queens men claim they were locked up for more than 30 hours by cops seeking revenge on a crowd of men who laughed at an officer who couldn't catch a fleeing drug suspect.

The men insist they didn't even laugh, says their lawyer Gabriel Harvis, who filed suit against the NYPD and 10 unidentified officers in Brooklyn Federal Court. They believe they were arrested because cops wanted to take their frustration out on them, he said.

"The cops knew my clients had done nothing wrong, but they didn't care," said Harvis, who represents Abdul Kabba, Isaiah Barnes, Hasan Allen and Ishmial Deas. Police "were embarrassed, so they abused their power by locking them up anyway."

The four were held for 27 hours in the 103rd Precinct stationhouse before the Queens district attorney's office dropped the charges.


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[Uben]

1. Immediate termination

If that's what they did, they deserve to lose their job and be permanently banned from law enforcement.
I'm usually the one to defend cops because they do get a bad rap sometimes, but shit like this is not acceptable. Bully cops are bad cops. Bad cops are criminals. I hate criminals!

[DavidDvorkin]

2. An internal investigation will determine that they did nothing wrong.

[valerief]

4. That's always the conclusion, isn't it? It's like a Diebold voting machine is deciding. nt

[DavidDvorkin]

6. Yes, entirely predictable

Usually there's something added about "properly following department rules", which always makes me think that whoever wrote the rules should be prosecuted.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. 27 hours is a long time to spend in a precinct house cell

Usually, they ship you off to Queens Central Booking inside of two hours.

As I know from bitter experience...:evilgrin:

The precinct house cells aren't meant for long-term stays.

[CreekDog]

7. I know

Because I've watched a lot of Barney Miller.

[alp227]

5. Ugh that's messed up.

Seriously what's worth detaining people for 27 hours for laughing at cops? When much worse things are happening out there? Way to show cowardice and a thin skin and waste taxpayer dollars too.

[MNBrewer]

8. It has never been easier—or more dangerous—to record the police

My boyfriend gets Reason Magazine, and there's an article about how cops are avoiding being held to account, using WIRETAP laws of all things!

<http://reason.com/archives/2010/12/07/the-war-on-cameras>

[muntrv]

9. If these police officers can't handle people allegedly laughing at them,

how can they handle real thugs?

[name not needed]

10. Maybe it had something to do with them being named Abdul, Isaiah, Hasan and Ishmial.

[Earth_First]

11. +1 n/t

[whathehell]

12. Self-delete

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Book 'em on a DWI

"Derision While Islamic"

A serious offense that cannot be tolerated.

:hi: