off duty 250 lb. chicago cop savagely beats 115 lb. barmaid - WARNING GRAPHIC VIDEO

[datasuspect]

how much you wanna bet the local precinct is gonna harass the fuck out of the neighborhood to protect this guy?

sick motherfucker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI-auynxWLk

[GaYellowDawg]

1. Almost as bad: no one stepped in.

Say what you will about the South, in Georgia, that bastard wouldn't have thrown more than two punches before getting his ass kicked by everyone else.

On edit: Sorry, that comment was inappropriate. I think that just about anywhere except in that particular bar on that particular night, someone would have intervened sooner. If I as a Southerner don't like regional prejudice I shouldn't foster it. Apologies esp. to Chicagoans.

[datasuspect]

2. i hear ya, but i wouldn't reduce it to a regional thing

the bar didn't look very occupied (maybe two other people), i imagine the outcome would have been different if the place was packed.

[GaYellowDawg]

3. I just included an edit apologizing for just that.

You are entirely correct!

[outofbounds]

15. I'm from Georgia too

I think your right, If a man hits a woman in front of people in this town, he will leave on a stretcher. The ambulance driver better mind his p's and q's as well. People go in to bars around here ready for anything. Hitting women doesn't sit well with many here. No offense meant to anyone or any place.

[Threedifferentones]

4. Well I was channel surfing yesterday and saw on Court TV that

the cop was a regular at the bar and that other regulars knew of his occupation. How many people are willing to fight a 250 pound man who is carrying a badge and a gun? It seems to me like that asshole could have done the same things in any number of places.

That poor woman is very fortunate that this was caught on tape, because the obvious proof and national attention that it provides will go along way from protecting her from intimidation as she tries to prosecute. Without that I could certainly see her getting roughed up or maybe some drugs being conveniently found in her car.

I hope that asshole goes to prison!

[datasuspect]

8. many chicago cops i know

carry their gun and badge with them all the time, whether on the job or not.

[oustemnow]

11. Also wondering if this was a "cop bar"

e.g., a bar that's primarily, or at least heavily, patronized by LE. Has there been any info on whether the bystanders were also off-duty police?

[Radical Activist]

13. exactly.

Concern for a woman you don't know only goes so far when you're talking about a cop who could beat or shoot you without consequence.

[Poiuyt]

14. There are other ways of stopping a fight besides fighting the cop

It may not work, but someone could at least have tried to talk the guy down, telling him to chill out, calm down, whatever. I think I would at least have tried that. Of course, I don't know the circumstances of what was going on in there.

[AmyDeLune]

17. She refused to serve him any more alcohol...

http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/03/24/news/state/doc46020e038bb22976785880.txt

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CHICAGO – A Chicago police officer charged with beating a female bartender in an altercation caught on camera has been put on leave pending an internal investigation, authorities said Wednesday.

Anthony Abbate, 38, was expected to be fired after the investigation into the Feb. 19 attack on the bartender, allegedly after she refused to continue serving alcohol to the 12-year police veteran, Chicago Police Department spokeswoman Monique Bond said.

A surveillance video from Jessie’s Short Stop Inn Tavern on Chicago’s northwest side shows an off-duty Abbate shouting at the bartender before walking behind the bar, where he punched, kicked, and threw her to the ground.

The 115-pound woman suffered bruises to her head, neck, back and lower body after the attack by the 250-pound officer, the woman’s attorney, Terry Ekl, told WFLD-TV, which first reported the attack.
<snip>

[mark414]

5. holy jesus

what a piece of shit - i hope he goes away for a long time

[sniffa]

6. she's tough

she kept getting up.

[Pushed To The Left]

24. I noticed that, too!

She popped right up and walked away when somebody finally intervened at the end. Must be embarrassing for the cop right now. Not only does the world now know he beats up women, but they know that he fought with all he had against a female opponent less than half his size, and she still popped right back up!

[idgiehkt]

7. for some reason this made me think of Deletha Word

but that happened so long ago I bet no one remembers.

Sad. :(

[Gidney N Cloyd]

9. I understand a 2nd cop is in trouble for trying to keep the barmaid from

pressing charges.

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Geez

where was this bad-ass when my stuff was stolen last weekend in Chicago. I could have used his bad-ass-ness to chase down the people that perpetrated the crimes against me...

[Kutjara]

12. He saves his badassness for people...

...less than half his size. Just another bully with a badge.

[Pushed To The Left]

26. He's not a badass, he's a coward.

Even though if a tiny unarmed woman stole your stuff, he might be willing to help.

[Pierre.Suave]

28. I know

I was being facetious...

[Cruzan]

16. Looks fake

And obviously not particularly 'savage' since she's not only actively repelling his blows, but when he's done she easily and quickly gets up looking none the worse for wear as if nothing happened.

[jpgray]

18. Eh, that's savage behavior. "She can still get up.. none the worse for wear"

Are these really even considerations in an instance of aggravated assault?

[Omphaloskepsis]

19. WOW...

[grace0418]

20. Are you serious? It's definitely not fake, and adrenaline can do funny things to

an injured person. You get up and try to protect yourself because of survival instinct. You don't feel the concussion or broken ribs until after the danger has past.

He was also very intoxicated, so his balance and precisioin were probably a bit off, which worked to her advantage.

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Did you actually look at the video???

There is nothing fake about it.

[Elidor]

22. Don't look now, but your mask is slipping

You know - the one that makes you look human.

:eyes:

[Critters2]

23. So let me get this straight...

He didn't beat her enough to impress you? What are you, a Chicago cop?

[av8rdave]

25. Wow...what a man...can beat up someone less than half his weight...sick!

[sammythecat]

27. If you really want to get disgusted with mankind

read the first comment under the video.