-Be patient. Your police beating will be coming your way soon enough, and hopefully there's still some money left in the city's coffers to pay your surviving relatives.
Posted on 01/27/2014 11:16:55 AM PST by deks
“We can have police efforts focused on pedestrian safety without violating the civil rights of our citizens,” said Wong’s lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, who will file a notice of the lawsuit on Monday, naming the city, NYPD and unidentified officers as defendants.
Wong maintains the traffic signal was green when he stepped off the curb at the southeast corner of 96th St. and Broadway to cross, but it may have turned red by the time the octogenarian reached the other side, where an unidentified cop stopped him and demanded to see his identification.
Wong speaks only Cantonese and Spanish, but understood the meaning of the officer’s demand for “ID.”
When the cop began walking away with his card, Wong said he followed after him. “I was very puzzled and I was very scared,” he said. “I had no idea why I had been stopped. I used Cantonese and said give me back my ID.”
In response to Wong’s repeated requests for his card back, the cop whipped out handcuffs and spoke into his portable radio. “I got more scared,” Wong said.
Several officers raced over and grabbed Wong, pushing him against the wall of a building. Wong said he was pushed to the ground and struck his head, blacking out. When he regained consciousness, blood was streaming down his face and his hands were cuffed behind his back.
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OK genius, where did I say that I don't like people who don't look or speak like me? Show me? You can't and you know it. Those are your words and that makes you a liar which is one of the worst kind of bigots.
Sorry, but that's a really thoughtless, ignorant statement.
He's here legally, ran a very successful business for decades, and, no doubt paid his share of taxes to earn the Social Security. Older people don't learn foreign languages easily.
How about commenting on the cops' behavior? Or is this just beat-up-on-furriners-day?
So this guy came to NY five decades ago and opened a restaurant and raised three sons but still can’t speak any English. Yea right
So don't be so free to judge this guy or anyone else for that matter, simply on your perception on how they should be able to communicate.......Especially after being a contributing member of our society........
I’ll judge who ever I want anytime I want.
Again, spoken like a true bigot. I’m tired of arguing with you, it’s like wrestling with a pig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ4sEXiRP4k
Thanks, that explains a lot about this. I don't think the light was mentioned in the first article I saw that said "jaywalking" ( I thought they meant crossing the street in the middle of the block :)
“No cops beat up this old grifter.”
Except that they did.
“84 years old and can’t speak any English except for “ID”? Send him back. He doesn’t belong here (but I will be you he’s been collecting Social Security for a long time).”
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-I dated a Chinese girl when I was young. Her father, who immigrated from China and married a Chinese American woman, built up a profitable restaurant and bar, but hardly spoke any English, EVER. All of his kids spoke English, and all the kids went to college.
The victim, Mr. Wong, has a son who is an attorney. You’re pretty ignorant of Chinese culture, if you want to try to criminalize this old guy for not speaking English. Darius Bane has both you and Wiggins pegged, in post # 25.
“This bigotry you speak of is nauseating on this thread and other threads concerning this particular subject.”
-I’ve read through the comments here, and arrived at the same conclusion as you did... it’s pathetic.
I’m not trying to criminalize anyone. Mr. Wong was the one arrested for committing and offense. He resisted arrest and criminalized himself. All I said is that I don’t believe that he cannot speak English after living in New York for five decades and raising a few sons. One of which apparently is an attorney. Stop making false accusations about what I said and go back and read my response. Maybe you need to learn how to read. If anyone here is ignorant it’s you.
Bingo.
-Be patient. Your police beating will be coming your way soon enough, and hopefully there's still some money left in the city's coffers to pay your surviving relatives.
As I said, you’re IGNORANT of Chinese culture. Get out more, and learn a little bit about older Chinese people.
As I said you are just plain ignorant period. Go lecture someone else and learn how to read.
- ”Stop resisting! “ - oldest line in the corrupt cops playbook. Delivered just before the beat down, and the justification for the use of excessive force. “Well, I had to beat him your honor, because he was “resisting”.
Again like I said your are ignorant period.
But do tell us all about Mr. Wong's prior arrest record, since you seem to believe he's such a dangerous criminal who deserved to be knocked down by the police, and you know so much about him.
If you are unhappy with NYPD police arrest procedures then I suggest you contact the NYPD. I have no idea why you are complaining to me about it. If you want to know or see the defendants criminal history then I suggest you contact NYS DCJS. I doubt they will show it to you though. You are obviously a very unhappy person with what appears to be a dislike for police officers.
An analysis of the jaywalking crackdown in NYC. . .
The Fuzzy Logic of a Jaywalking Crackdown in New York
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/01/fuzzy-logic-jaywalking-crackdown-new-york/8228/
>> Your comment is more evidence of the bigotry
I’m guessing frustration, not bigotry.
Dismissing the iron fist would be my concern.
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