union lawyers to their aid in 5...4...3...2...1...
Posted on 10/05/2013 11:19:37 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Yesterday, the New York Post reported that an off-duty undercover narcotics detective was among the group of motorcyclists that attacked a family as they drove their Range Rover up the West Side Highway last weekend. (He reportedly did not "[get] involved at the scene," though he also did not try to stop the assault.) Now, ABC News and DNAinfo report that at least five other off-duty members of the NYPD participated in the ride and witnessed some part of the confrontation, which began when 33-year-old Alexian Lien bumped one of the bikers with his SUV and ended with Lien being dragged from the car, beaten, and slashed in front of his wife and 2-year-old daughter after a high-speed chase.
According to DNAinfo's sources, the cops in question include another detective, a sergeant, and three regular officers. It's not clear if any of them played an active role in the assault, but all will likely face disciplinary action because they did not tell their supervisors they were present for the incident until Wednesday. An NYPD spokesman confirmed that internal affairs has launched an investigation, but would not comment further.
Meanwhile, two bikers who were filmed taking part in the melee turned themselves in on Friday. 35-year-old Robert Sims, who attempted to pull open the door of Lien's Range Rover, has been charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, among other things, according to the New York Daily News. 38-year-old Reggie Chance, who bashed the car's window with his helmet and yanked Lien onto the street, was questioned yesterday night and will probably be charged with something soon. The police are still working to identify more of the attackers.
And finally, high-profile lawyer Gloria Allred has gotten involved in the case. She is representing Edwin Mieses, the motorcyclist whom Lien ran over and possibly paralyzed as he fled the group. Allred and Mieses's wife, Dayana, claim that he was trying to "diffuse the situation" before he was hit. For now, they're not calling for charges against Lien, though they are still deciding on whether to sue him. Basically, this thing is a big, scary mess.
DISGUSTING!!
union lawyers to their aid in 5...4...3...2...1...
Second hi profile assault with deadly intent by LEO on citizens this week.
Gestapo.
There used to be strict standards about how to comport oneself both in and out of uniform.
Were any of them attempting to stop the violent attack?
I don’t think paid suspension and an internal self-investigation is going to cut it in this case.
In the biker gang assault the police did not take part in the assault - they simply stood there and did nothing to help a citizen who could have been murdered by their thug friends.
What is just as repulsive is that the mob they were part of was engaged in illegally blocking off a public highway so they could perform hundreds of moving violations.
That highway is a main route for ambulances serving Columbia Presbyterian Hospital.
Blocking that highway was potentially deadly in numerous ways.
What should happen (if Internal Affairs really wants to get to the bottom of it, rather than covering it up) is Internal Affairs should notify all of NYPD during the start-of-shift briefings, that anyone with knowledge of the incident who does not come forward with all he knows, will be charged with Misprision of Felony, plus all other applicable laws.
Then tell each of the five that they had better list the name of everybody in the group.
More details here.
And every single one who did not subsequently make a report naming everybody involved, should be charged. See link on #9
One of the groups was specifically a police group, calling themselves “Front Line Soldiers.”
Should be more like “Frontline Gangstas”
Remember this:
“When seconds count, the cops are only minutes away”
No longer:
“When seconds count, the cops are already there and they won’t do a damn thing for you”
All of them should hand in their Shields and Guns until this is all sorted Out by IA.
I think they should all be fired and prosecuted, period. There is nothing to sort out, they failed to perform their sworn duty. Or do you think it’s alright for them to stand back and allow this to happen because they were off duty?
This isn't being mentioned in the "news" stories, which begin with Mr. Lien's vehicle already surrounded and under assault.
Are they hiding this because the bikers belong to a favored minority, or what?
Although www.frontlinesoldiersmc.com has been taken down, they have left various online traces, including an event where they bragged of being "blessed into the circuit."
Various gangs refer to initiations as "being blessed in."
I also find the references to "coming out" and "the circuit" intriguing as well.
I have no idea. What I do know is that law enforcement in NYC has been slacking off noticeably and increasingly since the beginning of Bloomberg’s second term.
They need to spend some time in the “big House”. These people should NOT be officers of the law, they shouldn’t even be employable.
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