Amid Pandemic, Cops Signal Resolve

Police officers are always taken for granted by the public, politicians and sometimes their own administration. In this time of crisis police officers everywhere are the ones called to solve crimes, fix societal problems, give guidance to people in crisis and to do everything else. They should be commended for choosing the career everyday not just in this time of stress.

Support law enforcement all the time. Police officers are there when you need them.

Support law enforcement all the time. Police officers are there when you need them.

So should we Support law enforcement all the time like these.


This is what happens when the NYPD gets really blue.

Two cops was caught going on a curse-laden tirade over his vehicle's megaphone in Hell's Kitchen — telling a disturbed man who was shouting on the street to "Shut the f–k up before I smack the s–t outta ya," a new video shows.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/nypd-cops-probed-for-curse-laden-megaphone-rant-caught-on-video/

Nice job. Our prayers go out to you every day. Keep up the good work.

To three fifths,

The NYPD officers yelling over a the units PA is not right but is a first line supervisory detail. Basically a verbal admonishment is enough. Let's not hang the cops. Since you commented on that unfortunate incident how about the mutt who kicked the NYPD officer onto the subway tracks breaking her wrist. You seem to pick and choose.

If you believe you could do better please take the written exam, pass all the requirements and if you get hired you will have a front row seat to see how officers are treated day in and day out. Most officers know how to deal with that because it's a daily occurrence.

Support law enforcement

Laughter is the best medicine so thank you. Of course not applied to everyone in law enforcement and yet some people leave the door wide open for levity.

On a serious note each officer held a card defining how New Haven residents feel when interacting with NHPD so I'm sorry to disappoint you Chris . A huge part of the community can't relate to your feelings.

Threefifths, have you ever done a ride along in New Haven?

Challenge: facts or citations for your assertions please...

posted by: Chris246 on April 19, 2020 6:11pm

To three fifths,

The NYPD officers yelling over a the units PA is not right but is a first line supervisory detail. Basically a verbal admonishment is enough. Let's not hang the cops

No They should be dismissed from the force.I like what Frank Serpico said which stills stands today.

The Police Are Still Out of Control
I should know.

Even now, I do not know for certain why I was left trapped in that door by my fellow police officers. But the Narcotics division was rotten to the core, with many guys taking money from the very drug dealers they were supposed to bust. I had refused to take bribes and had testified against my fellow officers. Police make up a peculiar subculture in society. More often than not they have their own moral code of behavior, an "us against them" attitude, enforced by a Blue Wall of Silence. It's their version of the Mafia's omerta. Speak out, and you're no longer "one of us." You're one of "them." And as James Fyfe, a nationally recognized expert on the use of force, wrote in his 1993 book about this issue, Above The Law, officers who break the code sometimes won't be helped in emergency situations, as I wasn't.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/10/the-police-are-still-out-of-control-112160

Since you commented on that unfortunate incident how about the mutt who kicked the NYPD officer onto the subway tracks breaking her wrist. You seem to pick and choose.

The mutt will do time.How about how the police who kill and do no time?Remember Shooting of Amadou Diallo? The officers fired a combined total of 41 shots, 19 of which struck Diallo, at his apartment at 1157 Wheeler Avenue in the Soundview section of The Bronx. The four were part of the now-defunct Street Crimes Unit. All four officers were charged with second-degree murder and acquitted at trial in Albany, New York.Diallo was unarmed. There are many more case like this where the police are acquitted.

Part One

Part One

Christian you need only talk to the people in the community, show up in court or read annual reporting on racial profiling and traffic stops. No dissertations necessary to prove what is undeniable.

Part Two

Every heard of Detective Bullet head?

"He is notorious," said Wale Mosaku, a civil rights lawyer who represents nine people in four pending lawsuits involving Grieco."Based on what my clients tell me, his specialty is barging into people's homes."The Vargas siblings last month filed suit against Grieco and the other officers with him the morning of the Jan. 31, 2017, raid. The city has denied the allegations.For Grieco, known on the streets — and not affectionately — as Bullethead, it's the 23rd time his name has appeared as a defendant in a lawsuit. So far, the city's ponied up more than $280,000 to settle suits involving the hard-charging cop.

Look at what he makes.All of the tax payers dime

Grieco, meanwhile, went on to become one of the top overtime earners in the NYPD last year. His $73,000 in extra pay pushed his 2017 salary to more than $190,000.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nypd-bullethead-detective-sued-23-times-costing-city-280g-article-1.3881366

If you believe you could do better please take the written exam, pass all the requirements and if you get hired you will have a front row seat to see how officers are treated day in and day out. Most officers know how to deal with that because it's a daily occurrence.

Did you take the exam? I have family on the force.In fact the New York times did a lawsuit brought by four black and Hispanic police officers.Because they were told by a commander that white and Asian people should be left alone.

'I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People'

At a police station tucked into an end-of-the-line subway terminal in South Brooklyn, the new commander instructed officers to think of white and Asian people as "soft targets" and urged them to instead go after blacks and Latinos for minor offenses like jumping the turnstile, a half-dozen officers said in sworn statements.

Challenge: since you didn't present anything, I assume that's a no on the facts and citations? Unless you count as a fact the vague reference to traffic stop statistics to substantiate the feelings of a "huge part of the community" and how you can speak for "how New Haven residents feel when interacting with NHPD"? My folks have lived in the same house since 1985. I've been a property owner here since 2012. I don't agree with your sentiment.

I was glad to see this from the NHPD. The NHPD never receives any credit for anything from anyone. Unlike some other City departments, this group never complains about anything - even when they are being shot at - literally. Thank you New Haven Police!

Dennis Serfilippi

Part Three

"You are stopping too many Russian and Chinese," one of the officers, Daniel Perez, recalled the commander telling him earlier this decade.Another officer, Aaron Diaz, recalled the same commander saying in 2012, "You should write more black and Hispanic people."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/nyregion/nyc-police-subway-racial-profiling.html

Hey Chris246

Did you know that Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police.

Reuters interviewed 25 African American male officers on the NYPD, 15 of whom are retired and 10 of whom are still serving. All but one said that, when off duty and out of uniform, they had been victims of racial profiling, which refers to using race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed a crime.

The officers said this included being pulled over for no reason, having their heads slammed against their cars, getting guns brandished in their faces, being thrown into prison vans and experiencing stop and frisks while shopping. The majority of the officers said they had been pulled over multiple times while driving. Five had had guns pulled on them.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-police-nypd-race-insight/off-duty-black-cops-in-new-york-feel-threat-from-fellow-police-idUSKBN0K11EV20141223

posted by: Christian Bruckhart on April 19, 2020 8:07pm

Threefifths, have you ever done a ride along in New Haven?

Have you every seen police brutality?

Threefifths: I'm on year 11 between two police departments. The answer is no.

Your turn: have you been on a ride along in New Haven? I know you saw the question, I also noticed you aren't answering it.

Christian your response is predictable and weak. The facts are undeniable and substantiated by overwhelming local, state and national research. I'm not going to do your research for you. It's not uncommon some people won't agree with my sentiment. Many turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the truth. Unfortunately it doesn't make it untrue. So your family has lived here since 1985. My family has been here since 1940's. So you said that to say what?

@3/5

I have seen police brutality just as I have seen black on black crime, which is brutal as well, and happens at a much higher rate, and yet I don't see you admonishing that as vigorously as you with the police.

@Challenge

Are you saying that the NHPD has a problem with racial profiling as it relates to traffic stops?

@CB

Don't bother with the offer of a ride along. I have read in previous posts that 3/5 has family in LE so I'm sure he/she has a strong grasp of the entirety of the NHPD as he normally paints with a broad brush.

DMH464, absolutely NHPD has a proven problem with racial profiling relative to traffic stops. Researched, proven, undeniable fact. The first step in changing one's ways is to admit there's a problem. Therein lies the problem within not only NHPD but departments across the nation. Actually have former and current law enforcement substantiate the claim.

Challenge: if you don't like the police, that's fine, you're entitled to your opinion and we'll still show up when you call. However, you aren't a spokesperson for "the community" because there isn't a singular community to speak for; I included my residence to substantiate that, as a long time NH resident, you don't speak for me and most people I know. I can't respond to your "facts" with some of my own because you haven't provided any. If you want to help policing continue to improve, treating cops as the enemy is counterproductive. Making snide comments from an anonymous internet account about us performing our duty despite exhibiting human emotion during a global pandemic is, to me, cowardly and diminishes any merit your arguments might have had.

posted by: DMH464 on April 20, 2020 9:17am

@3/5

I have seen police brutality just as I have seen black on black crime, which is brutal as well, and happens at a much higher rate, and yet I don't see you admonishing that as vigorously as you with the police

I Love when people like you talk about Black on Black Crime.But what you fail to see is that Black on Black crime is a label placed on for menticidal purposes. The majority of crimes committed, and this includes white folk, are committed against those that look like themselves. Please don't allow the media to trick you into thinking white folk don't kill other white folk, Asian folk don't kill other Asians, etc.Let a mob boss get sick of his uncle running shxxt. Some disgruntled young white boy will go into a school in his own neighborhood and wipe out half the population, The Russian Mafia referred to as Bratva (brothers and/or brotherhood), In Brooklyn New York do each other in Brighton Beach. It ain't just us Black folks.We're the only ones the media focuses on.


@CB

Don't bother with the offer of a ride along

Ride along does not show you anything.You see we people in Communities of Color know how the police function in Communities of Color.Tell you what is better then a Ride along Spend three months and look at how the police function in Communities of Color.


posted by: Christian Bruckhart on April 19, 2020 9:52pm

Threefifths: I'm on year 11 between two police departments. The answer is no.

Wow Sounds like the reason is no is The blue wall of silence.You do know what the The blue wall of silence is?

@ DMH464 My bad. The story that I posted I Got Tired of Hunting Black and Hispanic People.One of the Police officers that file the lawsuit is Family. Last do you know the History of the slave patrols.

History of Slavery and the Origins of American Policing

https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing

Sound of da Police

https://youtu.be/9ZrAYxWPN6c

It's not that I don't like police. I don't like police abuse of power and the brutality that goes on without consequences and the blue wall of silence that diminishes the integrity of whole departments. To say I don't like police rather than respond responsibly is the most cowardly of all. That my dear is what is counterproductive.
@Three fifths. Knowledge is power. The one thing they can't take from you. Continue to stand on truth and let the underlings fight it. It's an unproductive fight since truth reigns at the end of every weak conversation.

@Challenge

All you have provided are your feelings and not facts as Bruckhart has also noted. If the NHPD has such a huge issue with racial profiling on traffic stops why has this gone unnoticed because I have not seen this reported in the news outlets, please provide stats and if they show what you claim I'll be more than happy to agree.

@3/5

Yes I know the history because it's the same thing you quote all the time. Dare I say that police officers now cannot be held to account for how policing origins and yes I know that crimes perpetrated against each other are usually by those of the same racial makeup, my pint is that I don't see you being a cheerleader when it comes to combating black on black crime son please stop deflecting and address that issue as you do PB. PB, while it does happen, is a small issue when it comes to the numbers to black on black crime, also when talking about PB are you referring to police as a whole or just white officers and black members of the community,? I'm sure it's the latter regardless to what you will quote.

Lastly when you pander on this comment section can you please use some stories and facts that are NHPD related, gets old hearing about Serpico's days or the NYPD issues.

Oh yeah almost forgot, "you people"?! What people are you referring to because it seems that you wear your racism on your sleeve with comments like that. I can just imagine how you would be burning down the comment section if there was a story of police addressing a minority group in that manner.

posted by: challenge on April 20, 2020 10:25am

@Three fifths. Knowledge is power. The one thing they can't take from you. Continue to stand on truth and let the underlings fight it. It's an unproductive fight since truth reigns at the end of every weak conversation.

Yes Knowledge is power. I learn from the best.And one of the best Master Teachers who works I have read is that of the great Playthell George Benjamin.And one of the teachings of the Master Teacher Playthell George Benjamin is I like when his says Praising Saints, Celebrating Heroes, Unmasking Charlatans, Defending the Defenseless and Chastising Scoundrels and that is what I will do.

@DMH464, I don't need to provide info that you can easily google instead of taking the time to respond to me. Your response is old school. Exactly what people do when they have nothing else to do but push back on comfortable facts. Why don't you post facts to the contrary since you claim it's hogwash?

posted by: DMH464 on April 20, 2020 10:54am

@3/5

I know that crimes perpetrated against each other are usually by those of the same racial makeup, my pint is that I don't see you being a cheerleader when it comes to combating black on black crime son please stop deflecting and address that issue as you do PB. PB, while it does happen, is a small issue.

What is there to be a cheerleader when it comes to combating black on black crime.If they do the crime they they should do the time.But my problem I do have and it is a fact that If white folks do the same crimw as people of color.They get less Jail time.You say son please stop deflecting and address that issue as you do PB. PB, while it does happen, is a small issue.It is not a small issue when it comes to people of Color.That is a fact.Look it up.

when talking about PB are you referring to police as a whole or just white officers and black members of the community,? I'm sure it's the latter regardless to what you will quote.

Show me where I wrote that only White Police Officers just do police brutality.


Lastly when you pander on this comment section can you please use some stories and facts that are NHPD related, gets old hearing about Serpico's days or the NYPD issues.

Here is some NHPD storiesDo you know this name Billy White and the Beat Down Crew? Ask some of the people of color about Billy White and the Beat Down Crew?did you know about New Haven Detective Vincent Raucci Jr who set up Scott Lewis who serving 21 years due to the fact that Detective Vincent Raucci Jr.Set him up.Do you Remember the Surge back in 2014 when the NHPD stop and question some young people for no reason.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/the_surge_hits_church_street/

Remember Sgt. Rubino A police sergeant violated department rules by standing on a handcuffed suspect's neck.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/rubino_suspension/

Part One.

3/5 and challenge,

So are we not going to admit that officers do feel anxious, unsure, nervous, overwhelmed during times like these? While the majority of the public remains in the comfort of their own homes, NHPD officers continue to provide their services to the public. Every single day they are directly exposed to individuals who may be positive for covid. I'm willing to bet it's terrifying for them to be placed into situations where they may be exposed and know that their exposure may affect their loved ones at home. Just fruit for thought, but they're human just as you, and they continue to work hard in the hardest of time.

@Challenge

You said it was a fact yet you produce none, I never said it was "hogwash", you did. If your going to make a statement as you did then be ready to defend and back it up. I shouldn't have to do the research since you made the post regarding it.

It's easy to make claims without backing your "facts". You must take your cues from the legacy media.

Part Two.

How about this one.In fact he should have know Better he was the Assistant Chief Last I look you can film the police right?And then they try to cover this up.Notice.Video of one of these incidents, on Sept. 10 on Crown Street, shows an officer saying "You don't take pictures of us," before taking a camera from a man who was recording footage of an arrest in progress.The police put him up against the wall of the school next to the three men he'd just been filming being arrested. They turned out to be Marines just back from Iraq. Luna said he was fully cooperative with police, who searched him and took his bag and bike.While he was in jail, one of the marshals came to his cell and said his phone had been dropped off. When Luna got it back he found that two videos had been erased. In their place was a single photograph (pictured) of what appears to be police feet on a concrete floor. Luis said he thinks police took the picture by accident when they erased the videos he made.

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/videotaper_arrested_by_top_police_brass/

So where was the good police officer to turn in these bad One's?

There is more on the NHPD.Feel Free to look it up.

Oh yeah almost forgot, "you people"?! What people are you referring to because it seems that you wear your racism on your sleeve with comments like that.

You need to fact check that statement,Show me where I wrote You people.


Now here is what you said about me.

When it comes to combating black on black crime son please

Son? Have you every met Me?Do you know how old I am? If not why would you call me son? Or maybe you met Boy?

posted by: Jbalv2 on April 20, 2020 1:46pm

3/5 and challenge,

So are we not going to admit that officers do feel anxious, unsure, nervous, overwhelmed during times like these?

How about the anxious, unsure, nervous,when people of Color are stop by the police.In do you remember not long ago how people was calling the poilce on Black people.Remember this.


Ga. police officer to woman: 'we only kill black people"

https://youtu.be/h3RZDkP2Mco

@3/5

Billy White, Vinnie Raucci, Beat Dowm Posse, Sgt, Rubin, dude what year did those incidents occur?! That's right up there with beating the dead horse Serpico that seems to do your go to. While I agree that PB is obviously wrong and should not be tolerated it's not the epidemic the virtue signalers and media make it out to be

Police brutality as it compares to black on black crime, which is brutal to the victims is minimal, fact.

As far as the "SON" it was meant to be "so" but as I figured you would try to make it a racial issue. If you look for racism in everything you'll normally find it. To answer your question about your age my guess is old and bitter but I can't really be sure, you could be a millennial SJW that finds negative in all.

I did fact check and it was "people like you" not "you people". Huge difference I guess.

jbalv2, I had made the decision to not respond any further to people seeking attention and yet I decided I would at least respond to you because somehow you have concluded that I have a disdain for police and I can't state it any clearer I have disdain for police abuse of power and police misconduct constant occurring with no consequences. I also know there are police who come to work to provide a service while others it's solely a job or an ego boost for themselves. I didn't say the police don't feel what they expressed. What I said is the same feelings they expressed are the same feelings many people experience when interacting with police. WE are all human and deserving of humane treatment. I can only be responsible for what I say I can't be held responsible for what you hear. My immediate humor was seeing (some) officers the city is well aware is abusive and indifferent to the community holding up signs seeking empathy they don't exhibit in their daily work. Sadly these officers tarnish the department putting a stain on the career of those worthy of honor. I don't do that. They do. Lashing out at me will not change the perception of policing across this nation. What people should do instead is work earnestly to change those perceptions/dynamics and a nice video is not the best tool to do so. Great videography though. Hope you and yours are being safe. I'm out.

challenge

I did not once state you gave distain. It's the fact that this articles sole purpose is to support law enforcement while they work in a pandemic, and you, amongst other, bring negativity toward law enforcement. Next time there's an article regarding medical staff working throughout the pandemic, would it be appropriate to ignore the articles purpose and comment on doctors benefiting from pharmaceutical companies? It wouldnt. Same lies here.

I would much rather use this forum to mock Torquati about wearing a black t-shirt under a white uniform shirt. Seriously bruh? Listen, the comments went south here and we should see this video for what it is: a simple show of support and maybe a touch of levity. Let's lighten up a little on both sides. Good job by the NHPD (now get back to work, enough with the videos).

posted by: DMH464 on April 20, 2020 2:32pm

@3/5

Billy White, Vinnie Raucci, Beat Dowm Posse, Sgt, Rubin, dude what year did those incidents occur?! That's right up there with beating the dead horse Serpico that seems to do your go to.

look them all up.My bad.I will do it for you

White has also been involved in controversy within the department since the 1970s, when he was one of the officers accused in the so-called "cocaine-quinine" case involving falsely planted evidence in a drug case

The "Estupido" Caper 2007

The cameras were rolling. Billy White had no idea. After weighing the risks of getting caught — or endangering the life of a supposed informant — he decided to grab the cash from the trunk of an "abandoned" car. The FBI conducted an elaborate sting of White after hearing charges about his alleged thefts.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/archives/2007/03/the_el_stupido.php

And he even got a $91,000 Pension

https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/white_granted_91000_pension_city_outraged_at_pension_boards_vote/

Sgt. Rubino Suspended For 15 Days.

A police sergeant violated department rules by standing on a handcuffed suspect's neck.

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/rubino_suspension/

Check the dates

beating the dead horse Serpico

I do not think Serpico is a dead Horse.What happen to Serpico is still going on with a lot of officer in the day and time who speak out

Police brutality as it compares to black on black crime, which is brutal to the victims is minimal, fact

The difference between the two is when it comes to black on black crime.The perpetrator will get jail time.When it comes to police brutality the officer will get minimal punishment and some times are almost never prosecutedJust read the story again about Detective Bullet head, I bet if you was on a jury for a police brutality case. You would let the officer off the hook.