Former Tennis star tackled by NYPD without provocation.

Yeah, whatever happened to "Excuse me sir, we'd like to ask you a few questions" ?
 
Maybe he gave the officer some lip, a felony in most states. :rolleyes:

The justification for the takedown was that he resembled a suspect the officer was looking for. Ironically, the "suspect" turned out to be the wrong guy, too.


The company got the photo off Instagram based on the name of a person they'd done business with, he said.

"If you look at the photo ... it's a reasonable likeness to Mr. Blake," [Robert Boyce, chief of detectives]said. "They look like twins."

But the Instagram photo can't be shown to the press, he said, because it turned out to be the image of an innocent person, not anybody involved in the fraud case.
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Those black guys all look alike... even when they're innocent.
 
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NYPD's commissioner has already apologized to James Blake over the incident.
"I spoke to Mr. Blake a short time ago and personally apologized for yesterday's incident," Police Commissioner William Bratton said in a statement Thursday. ESPN News link
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Bratton also said he was bothered by the fact that the plainclothes officer did not file an incident report (he should have) and that he also appeared to have used excessive force.

Blake said the plainclothes officer who body-slammed him Wednesday never identified himself as a police officer and had no badge around his neck or on his belt.
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newyorkguy said:
NYPD's commissioner has already apologized to James Blake over the incident.
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One has to wonder if that would have happened had the victim not been a international celebrity, but instead just some random black guy standing outside the hotel.

Bratton also said he was bothered by the fact that the plainclothes officer did not file an incident report (he should have) and that he also appeared to have used excessive force.
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Or this, either.
 
Based on the type of performance William Bratton is known for, and the type of man he is, I think he would apologize (and has apologized) to anyone he felt was legitimately mistreated by his cops. In the case of James Blake, Bratton himself has said, because the officers involved made no incident report (as they were required to), that he (Bratton) only learned of the incident through seeing media reports based on information Blake himself presented.

Bratton is one of the police commanders who is working towards a better public-police relationship. I saw him recently on an interview show (on a public television station) where he was asked about incidents such as Ferguson and Baltimore. He gave a long nuanced answer but what impressed me was, he was forthright that there was a long history of mistreatment of and hostility towards blacks by people in law enforcement. And that history makes itself felt even today. That's an idea you regularly see ridiculed in places like this forum. Bratton also mentioned that when he was police chief in Los Angeles that polling of the black and Hispanic communities towards LAPD saw a big jump in favorable ratings. His point was, it is possible to work our way out of this problem. And that we have to.
 
Oh, and it seems that Officer Krupke is named in two suits against the NYPD for excessive force - in 2013. But it's nice to know that the PBA thinks that placing him on desk duty was an over-reaction. I like consistency. The PBA ceased being a force for good about thirty-five years ago.

Crap police procedure if this was the guy they were looking for. No visible ID, no verbal identification, no back-up. If this was a perp who merited such a rough take-down, what would the detective have done if the person said perp was waiting for turned up and had a gun?

Another Wyatt Earp cop assigned to desk duty. At least he can't beat on anybody but his own from there.
 
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Oh, and it seems that Officer Krupke is named in two suits against the NYPD for excessive force - in 2013. But it's nice to know that the PBA thinks that placing him on desk duty was an over-reaction. I like consistency. The PBA ceased being a force for good about thirty-five years ago.

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Has the beatific William Bratton (described in such admiring terms in the previous post) explained why the dude who was already shown to be out of control was still around walking a beat this time?
 
Desk Duty isn't enough. This cop deserves not only prison time, but should be removed from the force and made to work in a McDonald's or on a garbage truck. Also, I'm with quadraginta in that I think Blake only got the apology because he is a celebrity (police NEVER apologize for anything). Krupke is lucky some good samaritan didn't clock him. To a bystander, it would have looked like one guy attacking another guy. If Blake files a huge lawsuit, maybe he can agree to a lesser settlement to leverage firing this jerk.
 
Psi Baba said:
Desk Duty isn't enough. This cop deserves not only prison time, but should be removed from the force and made to work in a McDonald's or on a garbage truck. Also, I'm with quadraginta in that I think Blake only got the apology because he is a celebrity (police NEVER apologize for anything). Krupke is lucky some good samaritan didn't clock him. To a bystander, it would have looked like one guy attacking another guy. If Blake files a huge lawsuit, maybe he can agree to a lesser settlement to leverage firing this jerk.
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Umm, just checking.

You do realize that the officer's name is actually James Frascator, and that FMW's reference to "Officer Krupke" was a derisive one, coming from this source ...?



Like I said, just checking. It is certainly an appropriate nick for the guy.
 
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Desk Duty isn't enough. This cop deserves not only prison time, but should be removed from the force and made to work in a McDonald's or on a garbage truck. Also, I'm with quadraginta in that I think Blake only got the apology because he is a celebrity (police NEVER apologize for anything). Krupke is lucky some good samaritan didn't clock him. To a bystander, it would have looked like one guy attacking another guy. If Blake files a huge lawsuit, maybe he can agree to a lesser settlement to leverage firing this jerk.
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It appears that Blake is using his celebrity intelligently. He basically said the hilited part in an interview. He's making noises of a suit, but he said he'd rather see any money go to police re-education/training on community service issues.

And, yes... "Officer Krupke" was an allusion to West Side Story. I generally insert "generic cop name X" rather than checking on the actual name if it's not significant. X can equal Officer Krupke, Clyde Crashcop, Tootie and Muldoon, etc... (If I could remember Shatner's beat cop name, I'd probably use that. We loves us some Shatner on these forums.)
 
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