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Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders
#19231984 - 12/05/13 04:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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For the crime of being difficult to shoot, a Manhattan grand jury has charged an unarmed, mentally unstable man with assault after police officers opened fire at him, missed, and wounded two bystanders as the man was blocking traffic last September in Times Square.
On September 14, Glenn Broadnax walked into the crowded streets of Times Square and jumped in front of several oncoming cars, apparently in an attempt to get run over. NYPD officers tried to take the 250-lb Broadnax into custody, but he resisted and, according to police, reached into his pocket. Two NYPD officers thought he might be reaching for a gun, and, in order to protect the thousands of innocent bystanders in Times Square, fired their service weapons at Broadnax. But the officers missed and wounded two innocent bystanders instead. Broadnax was eventually subdued with a Taser.
At first, police charged Broadnax with menacing, drug possession, and resisting arrest, but the Manhattan District Attorney pushed for assault charges because Broadnax "recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death."
"The defendant is the one that created the situation that injured innocent bystanders," assistant district attorney, Shannon Lucey, told the New York Times.
That's one way to look at it. Here's another, from Mariann Wang, the lawyer representing one of the woman shot by the NYPD. "It's an incredibly unfortunate use of prosecutorial discretion to be prosecuting a man who didn't even injure my client," Wang said. "It's the police who injured my client."
Broadnax, who, at the time of the incident, believed he was talking to dead relatives, according to the statement he gave police, is being held on $100,000 bail and faces a maximum sentence of 25 years. "Mr. Broadnax never imagined his behavior would ever cause the police to shoot at him," Rigodis Appling, his attorney, said, adding that a disoriented Broadnax was reaching for his wallet, not a gun, when the officers opened fire.
"The only thing the individual had on his person was a wallet which was recovered from his right rear pocket," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters after the shooting.
The two officers have been placed on administrative leave pending separate investigations from the NYPD and the District Attorney.
http://gawker.com/unarmed-man-charged-with-assault-after-nypd-shoots-two-1477036868
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Synthe]
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Repertoire89]
#19233323 - 12/05/13 06:51 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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All you have to do if you wanna shoot a bunch of people and never get in trouble for it is become a cop, woohoo
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Synthe]
#19233357 - 12/05/13 06:59 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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"The only thing the individual had on his person was a wallet which was recovered from his right rear pocket," Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters after the shooting.
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At first, police charged Broadnax with menacing, drug possession, and resisting arrest, but the Manhattan District Attorney pushed for assault charges because Broadnax "recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death."
If the only thing the man had on him was his wallet, where did the drug possession charge come from?
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: enthiangenic] 1
#19233541 - 12/05/13 07:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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When the pigs themselves are the ones who decide whether other pigs did something wrong, there will never, ever be even a shred of accountability or justice. I say string these cocksucking pieces of shit up from the nearest lamp post and make examples of them for everyone to see.
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If the only thing the man had on him was his wallet, where did the drug possession charge come from?
We all know there is nothing more disgusting and unworthy of basic human rights than someone who has or uses drugs. The best way to keep your fellow officer from being rightfully prosecuted, and what pig doesn't want that, is to paint the offender as a druggy scumbag. Who on earth would anyone sane feel sorry for such a person, let alone want to look into their unjustified murder? Sorry, it's not murder. What am I saying? It's due police process. Due process of depriving you of your right to live without any kind of accountability or consequences. Whether they don't like how you look when walking down the street, or when they bust into a house but get the address wrong and murder you sleeping grandfather, how dare you question these fucking pigs?
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: dokunai] 2
#19235624 - 12/06/13 09:19 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I love how the cops and prosecutors often live in some completely backwards version of reality.
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At first, police charged Broadnax with menacing, drug possession, and resisting arrest, but the Manhattan District Attorney pushed for assault charges because Broadnax "recklessly engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of death."
"The defendant is the one that created the situation that injured innocent bystanders," assistant district attorney, Shannon Lucey, told the New York Times.
But....
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NYPD officers tried to take the 250-lb Broadnax into custody, but he resisted and, according to police, reached into his pocket. Two NYPD officers thought he might be reaching for a gun, and, in order to protect the thousands of innocent bystanders in Times Square, fired their service weapons at Broadnax. But the officers missed and wounded two innocent bystanders instead. Broadnax was eventually subdued with a Taser.
So these cops..... knowing that there are "thousands of innocent bystanders" around, decide to pull out their service weapons and fire them (rather than going for the tazer first) and when their stupidity and over-aggression get innocent people hurt, they try to blame it on the mentally ill guy they were causing violence towards.
Man... the inability for these cops to ever take an iota of personal responsibility for their own actions is sickening.
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Synthe]
#19235655 - 12/06/13 09:30 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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This is not drug related and should be moved or locked.
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Enlil]
#19237310 - 12/06/13 04:26 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Enlil said: This is not drug related and should be moved or locked.
He's charged with drug possession and it's a police story
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Synthe]
#19237329 - 12/06/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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I didn't notice the drug possession...carry on.
Being about police doesn't qualify, though.
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Enlil]
#19237407 - 12/06/13 04:46 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Enlil said: I didn't notice the drug possession...carry on.
Being about police doesn't qualify, though.
Not trying to stalk you but...
But I was reading this article and think it ties in to our other ... umm (debate) I think our country is going a little mad. Seriously that 12 yr old in cali getting shot cause he had a toy gun. now theres a man being charged with assault because the cops shot at him? our country needs to do some serious soul searching. and our cops need to tone it down a little. how about taser first death later?
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Amishmedic8]
#19237421 - 12/06/13 04:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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Of course, a taser is a lethal weapon, too.
In any case, laws like this serve a valuable and legitimate purpose. This application of that law is pretty absurd, however.
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Re: Unarmed Man Charged With Assault After NYPD Shoots Two Bystanders [Re: Enlil]
#19241234 - 12/07/13 02:31 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
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thank god he was arrested how dare he make cops shoot innocent people
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