Posted on 12/23/2012 6:17:25 AM PST by AtlasStalled
Frank Serpico, the storied cop who launched a campaign with fellow officer David Durk in the 1970s to expose wide-spread NYPD corruption, is living in the upstate woods these days as reported by Larry McShane for the Daily News: "'I would like to be known for having been a human being, but for having taken that responsibility very seriously,' he reflects." When the 77-year-old dies he doesn't want an obituary but just "a stone with a hole in it that will gather water, so the birds could come and drink."
Durk died last month as reported by Robert D. McFadden for The New York Times:
"An Amherst College graduate who studied law at Columbia University, Mr. Durk joined the Police Department in 1963. He imagined a life of public service, as he put it rosily years later, to help 'an old lady walk the streets safely' and 'storekeeper make a living without keeping a shotgun under his cash register.' But what he found was a culture of corruption: of officers and superiors taking payoffs from gamblers, drug dealers, merchants and mobsters for protection and information, like the names of informers they wanted to kill; of officers stealing and dealing drugs, riding shotgun for pushers and intimidating witnesses."
Real cops turn in dirty cops. Get it? Got it? Good!
Nice thought that
And the beat goes on!
Men with true courage and integrity are hard to find.
We will miss Durk and we will sorely miss Serpico when he passes.
I agree . . . it was a nice thought.
I’m a bit of a cynic about the prospects for humanity and society in general but there are enough good people walking this earth (men such as Serpico and Durk) to serve as examples that it is possible for men and women to do the right thing.
Durk and Serpico are liberal media heroes who ratted out their brothers and sisters. There were many documented incidents their allegations were unfounded, smearing dozens of capable police officers whose careers shut down. Who was promoted in their place? THe bootlickers, incompetent and the politically correct. Thus the evolution for white shirts becoming supervisors and not bosses.
Rot in hell rat
Durk and Serpico are liberal media heroes who ratted out their brothers and sisters. There were many documented incidents their allegations were unfounded, smearing dozens of capable police officers whose careers shut down. Who was promoted in their place? THe bootlickers, incompetent and the politically correct. Thus the evolution for white shirts becoming supervisors and not bosses.
Rot in hell rat
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