Posted on 08/28/2010 6:53:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An NYPD cop whose wife called 911 for help against a gang of thugs says he was brutally beaten by baton-wielding fellow officers who stormed his Queens home.
Larry Jackson suffered a broken right hand and multiple bruises from kicks and billy-club blows he said he got from the men in blue called to his home when a gunman menaced guests at his daughter's birthday party.
"To get my butt beat like that was unnecessary," said the six-year veteran assigned to the 110th Precinct. "We called the police, and this is what happened to me."
"I'm shocked, angry and disappointed," said the 6-foot-3, 300-pound Jackson.
Prosecutors and the NYPD Internal Affairs Bureau are probing his claims.
His hand in a cast, he met with the Daily News on Wednesday and lifted his shirt to show the scars from Sunday's early morning confrontation. Jackson, who is black, said the excessive force by the cops, who were white, might have been racially motivated.
"They didn't treat me like a house-owner calling for help," he said. "Everyone who lives in the 113th Precinct is not a perp."
Investigators from IAB took a DNA sample from Jackson on Wednesday and told his lawyer, Eric Sanders, it was for testing against the cops' batons, which have been confiscated.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Jackson "was injured as a result of a dispute at the party." A spokeswoman did not return a call for further comment.
Jackson's wife, Charlene, made a 911 call around 1:15 a.m. Sunday as her unarmed husband faced down thugs armed with a gun and bats who showed up as partygoers started leaving his home in Rochdale.
"I told the 911 operator it's my daughter's 21st birthday and my husband is a police officer and there's a young man with a gun," she said.
"Who do we call now?" said Charlene Jackson, a city bus driver. "It's very hurtful to know you can't trust the police officers in your neighborhood. I feel like the 113th Precinct is our enemy."
Larry Jackson, wearing an apron with the slogan, "I'm the chef and I'm awesome," said he did not identify himself to the street thugs as a cop - but was able to convince them to leave.
They were slinking off when the first patrol car from the 113th Precinct roared up and a sergeant got out. Charlene Jackson said she tried to tell the sergeant what happened when her niece yelled from the house that there was a fight inside.
The sergeant's driver ran inside and struck a friend of the family with his baton, the Jacksons said.
The sergeant then pushed Larry Jackson with his baton, they said, and when Jackson grabbed the sergeant, another cop began choking him from behind.
Jackson was knocked down and fell on his 82-year-old mother-in-law who briefly lost consciousness, he said.
"I'm covering my face and getting hit everywhere," he said. "Then somebody pepper sprayed me."
The couple said cops hit at least six family members and friends with batons. Their stepson, a cousin and a nephew were charged with disorderly conduct. Larry Jackson's gun and badge were taken and he was placed on modified duty.
"What's most disturbing is there were supervisors on the scnee who did nothing," said Sanders of the Law Firm of Jeffrey Goldberg in Lake Success.
I see the criminal bootlickers are here.
Damn right! Just call me Code Orange....
But just because people are on a conservative web site doesn't mean they aren't scum. I also get irritated at the mindlessness of Know Nothings (Nope, not a Catholic Priest), Neo Confederates (Nope, not a Yankee) and Evolutionists (Nope, not an intellectual fascist.)
Read a book, do a ride along with your local department, find out what you are talking about. Then if you have an informed b*tch, you won't come across as such a boob.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2567059/posts?page=17#17
I’ll wear your Code Orange name like a badge of honor....
Good. You sure earned it tonight.
And when the good LEO’s kick the $H!t out of one of your loved ones without provocation and then cover it up, let me know....
That's probably the point where things went downhill fast...
The reason for owning these turds was to show that facts didn't, and wouldn't, matter to them. They hate the cops just like Code Pink hates the military- mindless, thuggish, animosity.
Only Joe 6-pack asked a pertinent question:
“By no means do I think “every one of them” is that way, but just out of curiosity, what percentage of them being that way would you consider an acceptable threshold?”
My response?
“None of course.”
Police come from the society they police. The very same two knuckle deep nose pickers here that will hate the police on sight, won't lift a finger to ensure their police are professional. They won't do a ride along, they won't get to know the city council, they won't go to a town council meeting. They just bitch. If they had a single clue to their responsibilities as to their real and imagined rights, they would have a better society.
If their department doesn't have a professional standards unit, why not? If their local paper doesn't investigate reports of misconduct, why not? If the state and feds don't monitor corrupt departments, why not?
Sooo many people are bitchers. Yet they won't lift a finger to change anything. For all the snide comments on “sheeple” here on FR, you just saw me shear two of them.
If I ran across unprofessional police, I would address it. But then, I can think. That seems to be getting more rare here on FR lately.
Sure, I’ll remember to ping you.
Invite me to the funeral....
you seem hysterical here.
Not all who are lawabiding and have the misfortune of calling 911 for assistance, get professionalism directed back at them.
In fact it seems that all are suspect and IN police custody when they enter your home—even when stating the situation,showing ID,remaining calm,no cursing,low key,etc.
the internal affairs bureau is another joke,the same as the civilian review bd.-central command etc.
What we have dealt with is total garbage and punks throwing their weight around, and we’re in the next precinct over.
professionalism ?
courtesy ?
respect ?
bs.
Now if you think this household supports code pink,mummia the cop killer or harasses nypd,disregards the Constitution,etc etc,—you really have a problem.
2 flags fly outside my door-
the American flag
USMC
get the picture ?
“Get the picture?”
Yes, you can’t deal with abstract principles.
Are all cops thugs?
Are all cops dirty?
Are most cops dirty?
Are most cops thugs?
How do you know?
What are you doing about it?
That sort of thing.
No hysteria, just irritation bordering on pity.
I usually have the American flag outside my door too, unless the wife puts up her Eagles flag on game day.
You will probably be busy that day at some cop’s funeral telling the crying child of the officer his daddy deserved to die.
You seem the type.
You are comical! You should do stand-up....
Too busy flushing the Internet toilet.
Right, so it’s everyone else’s job to police the police, because you can’t police yourselves.
Cops like you are the reason people have lost faith in cops.
The majority of the rest of us have productive jobs, and we can’t take time off to go police you and the city council and all the other government employee nutcases who can’t control their tempers, their spending, or whatever else needs monitoring.
Why don’t you give up your qualified immunity from prosecution voluntarily? Encourage it to the rest of your buddies. Encourage your prosecutor to give up his unqualified immunity. What the hell have you done to police yourselves?
What the hell are you thinking? You think any of the citizens can do anything with you cops or the legal system to change it? We can’t even get you people fired for the crimes you commit on duty.
There’s so much wrong with your attitude. You’re creating more enemies to the police with your comments.
I gotta ask, do you think all cops are bad or do you understand that the bell curve applies here?
Of course I understand that only a few cops are bad. Just evilly amusing myself on this thread....
Good enough. carry on...
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