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WATCH: Jersey City cop 'highly intoxicated' in traffic stop, but not charged; why not?
NJ.com ^ | May 21, 2015 | Terrence T. McDonald

Posted on 06/03/2015 7:47:02 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy

JERSEY CITY – A Jersey City police sergeant was accused of driving "highly intoxicated" in Robbinsville in January 2014, but was released without charges into the custody of Jersey City police and remains on the job.

The incident is documented in a dramatic video and multiple police reports obtained via a public-records request. The video, taken from the dashboard of one a Robbinsville police officer, shows one officer telling Sgt. Vincent Corso, the Jersey City cop, that he is too "f***** up" to drive, while just off camera there is an apparent struggle after the officers tell Corso they plan to confiscate his gun.

News of the traffic stop first surfaced two weeks ago when Robert Cowan, the former Jersey City police chief, cited the incident in a civil lawsuit he filed against the city, Mayor Steve Fulop and Public Safety Director James Shea.

Cowan alleges in his lawsuit that he ordered an internal affairs investigation into Corso's traffic stop over the objections of Fulop and Shea. The ex-police chief, whose allegations have been dubbed fiction by city spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill, says Fulop tried to conceal the incident involving Corso, a local union official, because he wanted to curry favor with the union in advance of a possible gubernatorial run in 2017.

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While on a ride along with the local a few years ago, I saw this same sort of thing. A Deputy had driven into a gated community and couldn't find his way back out.

He had hit a few mail boxes and couldn't explain why his windshield was smashed. He had an AR-15 visible on his back seat.

The local cops called his supervisor who took him home.

1 posted on 06/03/2015 7:47:02 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy
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More: Off-camera about one minute later, the sounds of a physical altercation can be heard between the two officers and Corso. In their reports, Bruton and Borges say Corso initially told them he did not have a weapon on him, then recanted, and when they told him they had to seize the weapon, he struggled, attempting to pull away from them. At this point in the video, Corso can be heard saying, “Don’t do that. Don’t do that.”

Bruton then put Corso in a “compliance hold” with his right arm behind his back as the officers removed a Glock from his waistband, the reports say.


2 posted on 06/03/2015 7:49:14 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (PS I live north of San Diego. Come & get me.)
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Some animals are more equal than others. Like the Kennedy royal critters.


3 posted on 06/03/2015 7:54:34 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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Because that’s the way it is.


4 posted on 06/03/2015 7:54:43 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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“The law is meant for you, not for me.” Louis Lerner—IRS


5 posted on 06/03/2015 7:55:24 PM PDT by Fungi
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Walter Cronkite approves.


6 posted on 06/03/2015 7:55:58 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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To: Paladin2

Brian Williams was there to interview the cop.


7 posted on 06/03/2015 7:57:15 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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"WATCH: Jersey City cop 'highly intoxicated' in traffic stop, but not charged; why not?


8 posted on 06/03/2015 8:00:03 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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Steady, gradual Mexicanization of US LEO’s.


9 posted on 06/03/2015 8:07:11 PM PDT by gaijin
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We should always include a photo of Brian Williams looking stupid when we mention his name.


10 posted on 06/03/2015 8:08:37 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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We should always include a photo of Brian Williams looking stupid when we mention his name.


11 posted on 06/03/2015 8:08:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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As often as I’ve seen him, he has the most sincere looking eyebrows on any man I’ve seen ... he looks soooo sorrowful.


12 posted on 06/03/2015 8:13:18 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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Anyone who criticizes a cop must be a THUG!

(Loyal FReeper and talk radio listener)


13 posted on 06/03/2015 8:28:32 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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There were so many times here, where a regular citizen could have been killed.


14 posted on 06/03/2015 8:31:19 PM PDT by ansel12
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...would have been killed.


15 posted on 06/03/2015 8:36:17 PM PDT by Half Vast Conspiracy (PS I live north of San Diego. Come & get me.)
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This is one of those crimes where this cop should have gotten a worse penalty than normal, he has probably been doing this for decades, and should have the book thrown at him, and with an extra penalty for being in the line of work of ruining other people’s lives for DWI, and while they were not wearing guns.


16 posted on 06/03/2015 8:44:43 PM PDT by ansel12
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Most “law enforcement officers “ only arrest citizens and cover for each other. These despotic thugs are worse than most of the criminals they arrest.


17 posted on 06/03/2015 8:52:38 PM PDT by freedomfiter2 (Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
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I lived in Santa Barbara, California in the 1980’s.

One night, a drunk off duty Santa Barbara cop was driving drunk on highway 101 and yelling racial slurs at a carload of Asians.

When he was pulled over, the cops just took him home.

If it were you or I doing this, we’d be in the county jail for DWI and a possible hate crime. We’d be facing legal action, fines, jail time, increases in our insurance, etc.

But hey, if you’re a cop, you’re above the law.


18 posted on 06/03/2015 10:24:01 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The so-called Southern Poverty Law Center is a hate group.)
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19 posted on 06/04/2015 4:07:57 AM PDT by Rodamala
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Certain people are allowed to be publicly drunk and will
never be criticized nor prosecuted. In fact, there is one
famous drunken politician that is actively protected by the
Main Stream Media.

hillary drunk

20 posted on 06/04/2015 4:41:09 AM PDT by Bon mots
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