Comments on: Report: NYPD cop pushes New York Supreme Court Judge into wall

By: Jeffrey Merrill

Jeffrey Merrill — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:55:00 +0000

problem here is the police CAN ASSAULT at will. think about it. if you so much as tap one on the shoulder you are assaulting them. Beating people with clubs is somehow ok in this twisted day and age….if your a cop with a badge and a gun!!

By: Jeffrey Merrill

Jeffrey Merrill — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 05:53:00 +0000

not a new crime to stand in the wrong spot……the homeless have been treated like that for over 20 years.

By: Jest

Jest — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:32:00 +0000

Actually k2 and Everest are each the tallest mt in the world depending on the tilt of earths axis at the time. It wobbles.

By: johnson_lee

johnson_lee — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:02:00 +0000

RIGHT

By: Robert Mauro

Robert Mauro — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:13:00 +0000

Psst… Patriot Act. :-(

By: Archie1954

Archie1954 — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:05:00 +0000

This is exactly what happens when the police are badly trained and out of control. I hope the judge got his badge number. That police officer deserves termination.

By: Robert Mauro

Robert Mauro — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0000

NY Court System is either slow to update their website, or disagrees with you:
http://www.nycourtsystem.com/applications/judicialdirectory/Bio.php?ID=7026750

By: Robert Mauro

Robert Mauro — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:59:00 +0000

This link below disagrees with the “retired” part:
http://www.nycourtsystem.com/applications/judicialdirectory/Bio.php?ID=7026750

By: Lisa Hunter

Lisa Hunter — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:52:00 +0000

OK, you’ve reported what happened. Now what? You are someone who actually has the authority to DO something about the abuses happening in New York. What are you going to DO? Don’t just tell me about what happened. Tell me what you are going to DO about it.

By: ct2andahalf

ct2andahalf — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:37:00 +0000

if obama doesnt want to be remembered in the same fashion as gadafi (former ruler of libya), a cruel and oppresive man who is quite willing to kill off entire cities, then he had best get cracking…..

viva la revoluccion!!!

By: Paul Trowe

Paul Trowe — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:33:00 +0000

Bye bye Bloomberg!!!

By: Jake Wasserman

Jake Wasserman — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:22:00 +0000

I think maybe you mean, “Not quite as potentially disastrous for this officer or his career.”

The unknown identity of the legal observer makes no difference in how stupid (also arrogant, abusive, thuggish) it was to assault a non-threatening, non-violent legal observer.

By: lavardera

lavardera — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:54:00 +0000

I agree with you there.

By: obbop

obbop — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:38:00 +0000

“There’s class warfare, all right, Mr. (Warren) Buffett said, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”

“There has been class warfare going on,” Buffett, 81, said in a Sept. 30 interview with Charlie Rose on PBS. It’s just that my class is winning. And my class isn’t just winning, I mean we’re killing them.”

By: Simeon

Simeon — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:34:00 +0000

God damn hippie Supreme Court justices. What was she doing out of uniform? It occurs to me that if the 99% wore the robes of justice the cops’ heads might explode.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:22:00 +0000

I don’t know how I missed it, but it’s kind of alarming that nobody flagged it.

By: Ipo

Ipo — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:15:00 +0000

How the hell did this insane jewophobic comment get “likes”?
On BoingBoing.
WTF!? Go back to your crazy people blogs!

By: sleepswithcats

sleepswithcats — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:41:00 +0000

I don’t think it’s okay for Heroes to be Bullies, however heroic they may be.

By: Audra Lucas

Audra Lucas — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:07:00 +0000

If you happen to have more detailed information as to where I can find this law that allows for this type of “increased powers” I would love to know exactly when it was voted in so I can attempt to change it (though I am only one person). This needs to be corrected. It is never okay to brutally assault someone, and if someone assaulted a woman crying for her daughter mo amount of fear would stop me from trying to reason with the person with these “increased powers” to help the mom and child. My morality couldn’t stand for it. If I dont’ see an answer I guess I’ll look it up. This needs to be addressed, it is sickening, immoral and unethical. OH WAIT… isn’t this kinda what the fucking problem is? Isn’t this why people are so enraged. Bought and Paid for drones who don’t question such things, and push people against walls with their increased powers. FUCK THIS, this is not freedom.

By: Audra Lucas

Audra Lucas — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:56:00 +0000

“a bunch of idiots” you say? Standing up for their rights? Who better to know their (OUR) constitutional rights that a judge who happened to be there as a legal observer. How then can this group be identified as idiots to you? I am confused. I agree there are bad apples in every bunch, but is it not obvious that the bad apples are not falling from the money tree and trickling down to the rest of the government services. Odd that JPMorgan Chase gifted the NYPD 1.6 million dollars. Who do you think are the idiots now? The ones sitting on their couch watching main stream media spoon fed to them by these same owners/gift givers? Or maybe I misunderstood you.

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:56:00 +0000

A cop doesn’t have to like the people he’s dealing with at the moment. But he also mustn’t see them as an enemy. If he can’t do that, he shouldn’t be there.

Yes, this requires that he acts better than part of his clientele, probably better than the average citizen. That’s what screening and training is for.

By: Al Pointer

Al Pointer — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:12:00 +0000

Gut-wrenching to realize the implications of this discussion … http://www.democracynow.org/2011/11/17/paramilitary_policing_of_occupy_wall_street

By: Catbeller

Catbeller — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:54:00 +0000

It is indeed so.

By: Yahoo

Yahoo — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 06:10:00 +0000

Stop with the not all cops are swine nonsense. If their orders are evil, their actions will reflect this. Of course all cops are swine; they work for swine, and enforce immoral laws.

By: Eleanor Moon

Eleanor Moon — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:37:00 +0000

Kathryn elich: So you would chain your over 18 daughter to *your* past, disallow her to live in the same rhythm and currents of her peers. What makes what you did “during times of dissent or lifestyle of dissent” better than what is being done today? You are not just old school, you are moving backwards. Perhaps you are not as loving or devoted a mother as this lady? Or perhaps you don’t even have children, in which case you have no knowledge on which to base your admonition to her.

By: Cubic Soap

Cubic Soap — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:22:00 +0000

Retired Judges in NY can still hear cases and are still members of the Bar.

By: mountaintimedesign

mountaintimedesign — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 05:12:00 +0000

I agree! All that needs to happen for tyranny to exist, is for good men to do nothing.

By: Albatross

Albatross — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:51:00 +0000

Authoritarianism. The cops have the guns and the billy clubs and the mace, they have the authority. Everyone else better STFU if they know what’s good for them. This is what we’ve sunk to in America. Concepts such as rights, principles, ethics and even law are laughed at in the face of expedient authoritarian power.

By: mountaintimedesign

mountaintimedesign — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:49:00 +0000

its looks like the third-reich is controlling NYC. Just an observation from far away……

By: Kathryn Elich

Kathryn Elich — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 03:21:00 +0000

How old is her daughter? Over 18? Then… go post bail or go wait at home. she thought her position was widely known. No – no pass – but I am old school. We didn’t have support during times of dissent or lifestyle of dissent. From only each other.