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In reply to the discussion: Jury Finds Occupy Wall Street Protester Innocent After Video Contradicts Police Testimony [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)29. It's an interesting question, though, don't you think?
Was he "mistaken" (cough) about who fractured said bone....or was said bone even fractured at all in that fracas?
If it turns out he banged the bone on a car door after the contretemps had finished, and tried to pass it off as a 'line of duty' injury, well, he's got some 'splainin' to do....
And it looks like, based on the video and the excerpt below from the above cited link, that there were a lot of liars in uniform involved in this mess:
For one thing, the video prominently shows a TARU cop named Bosco, holding up his camera, which is on, and pointing at the action around the kettle. When Premo's lawyers subpoenaed Bosco, they were told he was on a secret mission at "an undisclosed location," and couldn't respond to the subpoena. Judge Robert Mandelbaum didn't accept that, and Bosco ultimately had to testify [Correction: Bosco didn't take the stand; he had to appear at the District Attorney's office for a meeting with Maurus and prosecutors. Judge Mandelbaum accepted that Bosco would likely say on the stand what he said in the meeting, and didn't require him to testify.] Bosco claimed, straining credibility, that though the camera is clearly on and he can be seen in the video pointing it as though to frame a shot, he didn't actually shoot any video that evening.
Even more importantly, the Democracy Now video also flipped the police version of events on its head. Far from showing Premo tackling a police officer, it shows cops tackling him as he attempted to get back on his feet.
After watching the video, the jury deliberated for several hours before returning a verdict of not guilty on all counts.
Even more importantly, the Democracy Now video also flipped the police version of events on its head. Far from showing Premo tackling a police officer, it shows cops tackling him as he attempted to get back on his feet.
After watching the video, the jury deliberated for several hours before returning a verdict of not guilty on all counts.
I remember Bosco as a childhood after-school beverage or dessert topping, not a lying police operative! My, how words and meanings morph over time!!
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Jury Finds Occupy Wall Street Protester Innocent After Video Contradicts Police Testimony [View all]
G_j
Mar 2013
OP
Never, of course. It is unlikely that anyone can find even one case in which a cop was prosecuted
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#30
You can't legitimately say that everyone lies under oath. There is no factual basis for that.
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#31
If it had just gone before a judge it wouldn't have gone down that way.
Spitfire of ATJ
Mar 2013
#22
Incidence encapsulates big brother's determination not to tolerate constitutionally-protected First
indepat
Mar 2013
#24
NYPD are STILL paying out money from illegal arrests made during the 2004 RNC
Downtown Hound
Mar 2013
#25
Not just "shoot him in the back" or shoot him in the back while handcuffed, but kick him afterwards.
AnotherMcIntosh
Mar 2013
#32
It Is An Unfortunate Fact, Sir, That There Is No Particular Reason Ever To Believe Police Testimony
The Magistrate
Mar 2013
#27