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Showing Original Post only (View all)Cop Stops Fellow Cop From Choking a Handcuffed Man, She Was Then Beaten and Fired [View all]
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-departments-good-cops-buffalo-officer-fired-stopping-brutality/
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Horne and other officers on the scene removed the suspect from the house, but once outside Kwiatkowski pounced again, this time choking the handcuffed man. Believing Kwiatkowski to be out of out of control, Horne removed his arm from around the mans neck.
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Infuriated that she had crossed the thin blue line, Kwaitkowski then punched Horne in the face. The punch so was hard that Horne ended up having to have her bridge replaced. She was then injured again as officers dragged her away from trying to defend herself.
Here is where things get crazy.
The good cop, who was trying to stop abuse by her peer, was fired for jumping on Officer Kwaitkowskis back and/or striking him with her hands, something that Kwaitkowski himself denied ever happening in a sworn statement.
The bad cop, who was choking a man and then punched his female co-worker in the face, kept his job. It wasnt until he choked another officer at a district station house that he was forced to retire. He was already under investigation for punching another officer while he was off-duty at a local bar.
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Horne and other officers on the scene removed the suspect from the house, but once outside Kwiatkowski pounced again, this time choking the handcuffed man. Believing Kwiatkowski to be out of out of control, Horne removed his arm from around the mans neck.
{snip}
Infuriated that she had crossed the thin blue line, Kwaitkowski then punched Horne in the face. The punch so was hard that Horne ended up having to have her bridge replaced. She was then injured again as officers dragged her away from trying to defend herself.
Here is where things get crazy.
The good cop, who was trying to stop abuse by her peer, was fired for jumping on Officer Kwaitkowskis back and/or striking him with her hands, something that Kwaitkowski himself denied ever happening in a sworn statement.
The bad cop, who was choking a man and then punched his female co-worker in the face, kept his job. It wasnt until he choked another officer at a district station house that he was forced to retire. He was already under investigation for punching another officer while he was off-duty at a local bar.
There are SOME good cops out there.
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Cop Stops Fellow Cop From Choking a Handcuffed Man, She Was Then Beaten and Fired [View all]
justiceischeap
Dec 2014
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Agreed plus even if she got the pension the odds are they would do things to retaliate against her.
cstanleytech
Dec 2014
#16
No, it isn't recent but it, IMO, shows how long this type of thing has been going on
justiceischeap
Dec 2014
#27
it would appear that the good ones are being drummed out as evidenced by this story..
frylock
Dec 2014
#37
I GUARANTEE that there are not 17,000+ bad cops in the NYPD, so "more bad than good" is.....
George II
Dec 2014
#42
Mollen Commission found the NYPD's unwillingness to do something about the corruption
JonLP24
Dec 2014
#56
Who covered up? Who lied? Who committed perjury and "regularly commit(ed) felonies"?
George II
Dec 2014
#49
The topic is about a police officer in Buffalo. Do you have any STATISTICS or FACTS...
George II
Dec 2014
#64