Posted on 02/06/2020 4:04:33 PM PST by lowbridge
A man who police say was the victim of a beating at the hands of MS-13 members in 2018 was found dead in New Cassel earlier this week.
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Police say Rodriguez was one of three victims of a gang assault over a year ago. According to the Nassau District Attorney’s Office, Rodriguez was protecting someone who was being bullied in 2018 when he was beaten and stabbed by MS-13 gang members known to police as the “Gang of Nine.”
Rodriguez was a witness set to testify in a 2018 MS-13 assault case, according to police.
The DA’s office says as a result of the investigation into that case, nine MS-13 members were arrested for assault and witness intimidation. They are still behind bars.
Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder says the DA’s office had a hearing regarding the case going to trial in December of last year. He says at that hearing, it was decided that all information that had a protective hold on it would have to be turned over to the defense counsel days later. This included witness names and contact information.
“We don’t know if the defense counsel turned that information over to the defendants, but we do know that right after that time period, we started this pattern of intimidation,” says Ryder.
Ryder says on Jan. 30, one of the other witnesses was shot at. Two days later, he says Rodriguez was beaten but escaped. He was found dead the following day.
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Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said at a news conference that he blames the new bail reform law for the 36-year-old’s death. He says under the law, prosecutors must turn over all evidence against a defendant within 15 days of arraignment – including the identities of all witnesses and victims.
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The new bail law is working precisely as intended.
He should have claimed he was a whistleblower instead of a witness.
Yep.
Did anyone not see this coming?
It is ow time for normal citizens to actively go after these politicans and police that are working to get them murdered.
Enough is enough.
This is similar to a story line on Blue Bloods last week.
Cuomo should be arrested.
No witness? Case dismissed.
Murdered by Cuomo and the jackass politicians that enacted the bail law.
So I guess if you want justice in New York you have to ‘get it’ yourself because the government there will only put you in danger needlessly.
Taking the beating and keeping your mouth shut is the safer alternative...
*It’s okay to hate democrats*
The NY politicians and kakistocrats who supported, voted for, and signed this new bail reform law are complicit in murder and giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Albany, NY – Under New York’s " justice reforms," criminals must be provided with the names and contact information of victims and witnesses involved in the case against them.
Effective January 1, 2020, prosecutors will have just 15 days from the time of arraignment to hand over all evidence pertaining to a case – including victim and witness information, WSTM reported.
Cases can be dismissed if prosecutors fail to meat the deadline, Albany County District Attorney David Soares told the news outlet.
“’By the way, I have to provide your cell phone number to his lawyer in a few weeks,’” Soares used as an example of what he will be forced to tell crime victims. “I don’t know how I’m going to have these conversations with a victim.”
Under the law change, the court can also require crime scenes to remain unchanged so that defendants can be allowed to visit them, the New York Daily News reported.
Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon has been speaking out about the myriad of problems the sweeping changes will have throughout the state since they were passed back in April, the Staten Island Advance reported.
“We will undoubtedly see a chilling effect on cooperation by those impacted by crime, choosing instead to protect their own privacy and avoid being re-victimized,” McMahon warned. “While there certainly was room to improve New York’s criminal justice system, the ‘reforms’ to our bail and discovery statutes supported by our state Legislature and Governor Cuomo blew past any semblance of fairness or justice.”
Wait, Blue Bloods is still on?
Democrats protect criminals because Democrats are criminals.
In a case like this, the police are passive or out of the loop.
Prayers for the victims family, and brickbats for the legislators that are against effective self defense.
Woo hoo! Democrats continue to sew death and destruction everywhere they can!!
Lock up NY AG Letitia James first since she is the one that is pushing this nonsense.
So if a store is robbed, the defense can go to a judge and block any entry or repairs until the defense is done with it? Yeah, that won’t be abused either.
I wonder what the judge was thinking after he found out the witness was murdered?
Yes. Every friday night.
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