Detective Patrick Cherry, a member of the elite Joint Terrorism Task Force, will not be fired over his notorious scene with a New York cabbie who honked at him for attempting to park on the West Side Highway without signaling. The tirade was captured by a sympathetic passenger of the Uber driver and posted on YouTube. The video is below. The police has said that the use of the car’s lights and sirens — and the abusive yelling at the cabbie — is not a firing offense.
On the video, Cherry not only berates the driver and questions how long he has been in the United States. Cherry later said that he was mad because the driver swerved around him, flipped him the bird, and mouthed “f— you.”
The passenger who recorded the video, Sanjay Seth, can be heard saying that it was not the drives fault and offering to share the video with him. He is expected to speak with investigators at the Civilian Complaint Review Board this week. However, the police have said that the most that Cherry will face will be a mark on his record and the loss of pay and vacation days.
Notably, Cherry has been previously the subject of about 10 complaints during his 15 years on the force, often for verbally abusing civilians.
Frankly, I am not sure that the detective would warrant termination in such a case, but I would like to hear more about the possible pattern of such conduct. Moreover, I am a bit disturbed about the portrayal of the incident as an officer becoming verbally abusive. Cherry used his siren and car to hold the civilian for what seems a personal matter.
What do you think?
Source: DNA
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Let’s try this litmus test; what would be the result if (minus using my vehicle to pull over another car) I went up to a cop’s window and engaged in the same behavior? Would I be arrested? What sort of force would be used against me? Would this hypothetical cop’s actions be justified if he had video showing me doing the exact same thing as above?
Okay, was the hypothetical me treated the same as detective Cherry?”
I suspect that you would be killed for causing the cop to fear for his/her life.
Evidently, management does not mind having that guy as their public face.
I saw this cop interviewed, trying to explain his actions. He is the kind of bully that has no business w/ a badge or gun. A real a-hole, even when he’s trying to be normal.
It’s funny that JTTF has persecuted American so-called racists like David Duke for tax evasion and others for selective prosecutions, but, this jerk is obviously just as much a bigot as anybody. Hothead. Roid abuse maybe?
Here is the article regarding Commissioner Bratton’s actions against the cop: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2015/04/01/nypd-officer-who-berated-taxi-driver-in-youtube-video-placed-on-desk-duty/
The extent to which he berated the driver is what is so offensive. He needs a arse whipping. Take his badge and his gun. Don’t fire him. Put him on detail cleaning the latrine at the jail. That is still a job with pay. Put an ankle bracelet on him. Definitely give him a psych exam by a real psychiatrist and not some suburban doctor who will say he has anxiety disorder. New York state does not have a POST Commission and does not keep a list of disciplined or fired cops. If they fired him another cop agency could hire him– he would not be POST revoked. His Supervisor needs to be rebuked. The guy needs a pistol whipping. Turdy turd and a turd accent too. NYC: fly over and flush.
Ari, Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=195sOnv40Ek
Now this police officer did not arrest the “perp” who was trespassing in the park after dark, (trying to sleep there “to save money…” AND at the same time, more than likely ensured that a four year old male would become a cop lover when he grows up. (Not to mention the money he saved the taxpayers.)
Another one bites the dust. “Unarmed black man is dead after being beaten by New Jersey law enforcement and bit by a police dog.”
http://rt.com/usa/246361-vineland-beating-dog-bite-death/
“White is the 290th person to be killed by police in America in the first 90 days of 2015, according to killedbypolice.net. He was the second in-custody death in Cumberland County in March, as well as the third person to die in that area of Vineland in the last three weeks, the Daily Journal reported.
White was the father of three young children. His official cause of death has not been released. “
Sure. And Lois Lerner will not be found in contempt for conspiring with the President to abuse the power of government against the people, in this case, “conservative” groups.
Let’s see. Nixon pilfered a file from a cabinet. Obama used Lois Lerner, the IRS and the power of government to further scrutinize conservative groups and delay tax exempt status during an election. There’s a tumor growing on the Presidency but it repeatedly turns out to be benign.
Interestingly, the cancer on the Nixon Presidency was malignant and terminal.Which one’s worse? Which one’s the cancer? Which one’s the malignancy on America?
Nick…they can be used for almost any battlefield with enough space to vertically land on, and can carry far more troops than a helicopter other than a Chinook, and can fly much faster when time is of the essence.
As for “boondoggles” the oft reviled (things like falling apart in the sky) Lockheed L-188 Electra became the Navy’s P-3 Orion surveillance and ant-sub aircraft. Wrinkles can take time to iron out.
Well, this overly aggressive cop needs an Irish Poem. Sooo, this one has a lot of slang in it, but anyway here goes:
Smokey Bears On Tirade???
An Irish Poem by Squeeky Fromm
There once was a cop in New York
Who was really a bit of a dork!
His manner was rude
And chocked full of “tude”
And the driver got screwed by the pork!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Notes:
For ESLs, “smokey bear” is slang for the police, as is the word, “pork”. A dork is a socially inept person. Tude is slang for a bad attitude. The Title is a word play on Teddy Bears on Parade, one of my favorite songs when I was a little kid:
Aridog, Off topic question you may be able to answer. Once a month or so I would see an Osprey aircraft flying the coastline here in San Diego. This year I see them daily. On what type of battlefield would an Osprey be used. I believe they are somewhat of a boondoggle.
In a perverse way, this story tickles me. Long ago, long before the federal court’s“reformation” in Detroit’s Police Department, the punishment for a truly egregious behavior by an officer was to be given what was called a “rubber gun” and assigned to innocuous duties…permanently. Most went along to keep their jobs and pension. One case, a guy I knew, chased a prostitute down the middle of a 6 lane wide main street during rush hour when she tried to evade him…otherwise having committed no overt crime. His new job was selling tickets for various police and fire department events until he retired. His partner was also assigned a “rubber gun” for shooting a patron during a bar hold up, due to bad aim. Both did good jobs selling tickets and visiting schools for police athletic league activities.
Truth was, the police did police themselves back then, and the increase in violent crime (like axes upside the head, bullets in the head while eating a sandwich, etc.) seems to have changed the thin blue line to a thick blue line. Detroit was also a bit unusual for its internal affairs practices, which covered politicians as well as officers. Ask our prior mayor who is now doing 28 years in a federal pen.
The driver didn’t give the finger to the cop according to the fares seated in the car who witnessed this. The driver politely motioned that the cop should use his blinker. Even if he did give the cop the finger, while that would be rude, it is not illegal and by no means constitutes being pulled over.
This guy needs to be fired. If anyone else pulled this BS and they weren’t a cop, they’d be terminated immediately. What makes him a special snowflake. Kick him to the curb.
Bailers asked: “Has the passenger been arrested yet for filming the cop?”
the event occurred in the state of new york. in new york state, there is no prohibition against making a video or sound recording of a cop in a public place, so long as it does not interfere with the cop’s ability to do his job.
for example, no one was charged with recording the cops when they strangled and killed eric garner last july in staten island.
for new york statutes about eavesdropping and surveillance, see, in general, penal law §250.00, et seq.
Let’s try this litmus test; what would be the result if (minus using my vehicle to pull over another car) I went up to a cop’s window and engaged in the same behavior? Would I be arrested? What sort of force would be used against me? Would this hypothetical cop’s actions be justified if he had video showing me doing the exact same thing as above?
Okay, was the hypothetical me treated the same as detective Cherry?