trojo
Active Member
NYPD is abusive and corrupt to an almost comical degree.
And denying someone life-saving medicine in order to obtain a confession you already know is false seems a bit over the line to me.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...d-diabetic-boy-insulin-suit-article-1.1888838
I'm guessing if the victim had been diabetic they would have pulled out his insulin pump too until he changed his story to what they wanted to hear. Heaven forbid the cops do any actual investigating beyond pulling up Facebook and arresting the first "Richie" they see.
Based on all the reruns of Law & Order I've seen, I don't believe that's how that's supposed to work. Aren't minors supposed to have their parents present during questioning?The NYPD has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a Brooklyn family that claims cops bullied a diabetic teen who was denied insulin while falsely locked up on attempted murder charges.
Richard Gonzalez’s family said the only evidence cops had to tie the 14-year-old special-ed student to an April shooting at Foot Locker in Bushwick were eyewitnesses who told them the gunman was named “Richie.”
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[Lawyer Carmen] Giordano said police removed [Gonzalez's insulin] pump and threatened to throw the boy’s mom, Divian Ramos, out of the stationhouse when she objected to them questioning her son without Ramos present.
While Ramos was later allowed to bring the boy food and test his blood sugar levels, Giordano said once the teenager was charged with attempted murder she was not allowed anywhere near him.
And denying someone life-saving medicine in order to obtain a confession you already know is false seems a bit over the line to me.
The accused teenager, who repeatedly denied shooting anyone, was transferred to two hospitals over the next few days and at one point spent three nights sleeping handcuffed to a bed, according to the lawsuit.
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Ultimately, the court papers say, the Brooklyn District Attorney dropped the charge against Gonzalez after learning that he was arrested solely on the grounds that his name was Richie — and that he was a Facebook friend of the victim, 15-year-old Isaiah Martinez.
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Gonzalez was arrested after Martinez was shot in the foot for allegedly trying to cut in line at a Knickerbocker Ave. store to buy a pair of $250 Kanye West-designed Nike Air Foamposite Pro “Yeezy” sneakers.
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“They focused on Richie exclusively and disregarded very strong evidence that’s it wasn’t him,” the lawyer said.
Even the victim told cops they nabbed the wrong Richie.
“They put a lot of pressure on the kid who was shot to change his story,” Giordano said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...d-diabetic-boy-insulin-suit-article-1.1888838
I'm guessing if the victim had been diabetic they would have pulled out his insulin pump too until he changed his story to what they wanted to hear. Heaven forbid the cops do any actual investigating beyond pulling up Facebook and arresting the first "Richie" they see.