" I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it? "
Posted on 12/10/2013 8:45:21 AM PST by steelhead_trout
ST. GEORGE — A Staten Island woman has sued the city claiming police entered her St. George home without a warrant, beat her family and killed her beloved pet parakeet, according to court documents.
Last year, Evelyn Lugo's bird, Tito, was thrown from his cage after it was knocked off a dresser as cops came into her Corson Avenue home, the Daily News first reported.
The officers then stepped on the bird intentionally, killing it, court documents say.
Officers also beat two of Lugo's sons, her daughter and a family friend, the lawsuit claims.
According to court documents, police entered Lugo's home on Sept. 2, 2012, as her family was celebrating Labor Day.
Police stopped and questioned her son Edwin Avellanet as he was outside throwing out garbage and asked for identification, the lawsuit says. When he refused to show any, officers allegedly grabbed his right arm and Avellanet broke free and ran into the building.
Officers broke windows of the home, and when Lugo opened the front door she was thrown outside by police, court papers say.
When inside, police allegedly struck Avellanet two or three times with a hard object, struck their friend in the face and threw a woman into the dresser with the bird cage on it, court documents say.
Police then allegedly pepper sprayed Lugo's daughter and son, according to the documents.
Lugo's son, daughter and family friend were arrested and all three were taken to Staten Island University Hospital in custody.
They were treated for multiple facial lacerations and lacerations to the head. Lugo's daughter was also treated for an asthma attack, the court papers say.
All charges were eventually dropped and sealed by Richmond County Supreme Court, the lawsuit says.
Lugo could not be reached for comment on the story.
The city's Law Department did not say why police entered the home last year, or what charges were lodged against the family, but said they're reviewing the case.
"We will review the allegations in the complaint, which at this point are merely allegations," a spokeswoman for the department said.
" I *warned* you, but did you listen to me? Oh, no, you *knew*, didn't you? Oh, it's just a harmless little *bunny*, isn't it? "
The physically power-hungry gravitate to the physically powerful jobs, IMO.
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What possibly makes you say that about the victims?
If some cops came in and stomped my parakeet and beat my family, I’d be looking for justice as well.
One or more of the cops surely used the magic Get-out-of-jail-free” card and said, “I felt threatened.” That justifies anything a police officer might choose to do.
And none of the victims were shot to death because they had a parakeet to stomp. The officers will take no end of teasing for killing the keet instead of one of the kids, a silly choice.
The correct way to neutralize a killer parakeet is with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, but you would have to know how to count to three.
It’s all fun and games and blue suit worship...
Until they kick in your door and shoot you and your pets based on a suspension, or a wrong address.
And you as a subject you have NO legal recourse. It’s your word against the
accuser, who are employed by the same government that employs the judges you are pleading your case in front of.
I grew up in a city where the cops were no better than the criminals they supposedly were hired to root out. That leaves a bad impression on a person. I’m sure that there’s fine upstanding LEO’s out there, unfortunately I haven’t seen too many.
When protect and serve morphed into revenue and punishment, the law enforcement community lost the trust of the citizens. Loss of trust breeds contempt, and that set’s a very bad precedent to how the public will deal with police officers.
“The correct way to neutralize a killer parakeet is with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, but you would have to know how to count to three.”
Five is right out!
Notice the Lincoln weasel stomping class room.
It was an “assault” parakeet. At least the police officer made it home alive.
Don’t forget that the prosecutor also works for the government and is unlikely to find fault with the government’s attack dogs.
Your home used to be your castle.. now it’s a killing zone.. and cops can do almost anything they want and pay no consequences.
what country does that remind you of?
Are they victims?
The court will decide whether their version of events fits the evidence better than the defendants' version.
If some cops came in and stomped my parakeet and beat my family, I’d be looking for justice as well.
The operative word in that sentence is: "if."
We'll see how accurate their side of the story is.
The only things that’s really unusual about this article is that it didn’t involve a Florida LEO or agency.
Staten Island cops? Probably come from some long lines of NYC cops who take early or disability retirement to FL.
Dade County is practically New York’s sixth borough.
The parakeet was an illegal recording.-
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