In wake of Kerik, NYC settled suit ($325K because Kerik harassed officer)

[johnfunk]

In wake of Kerik, NYC settled suit after corrections dept. 'harassed, videotaped' and denied promotion to Dem-supporting officer
Kerik’s demanding of GOP loyalty cost city
Copy of suit follows article

By John Byrne | RAW STORY Editor

Bernard Kerik is no stranger to controversy. The son of a prostitute who fathered and abandoned a child in South Korea in the 1970s, Kerik climbed the ranks of power after being a driver for New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who subsequently promoted him quickly through the police force.

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In a scantily reported civil suit filed in 2003 and settled for $325,000, New York City Deputy Warden Lionel Lorquet alleged that Kerik "instituted a practice of threats and retaliation if they were deemed to be 'disloyal'" to the commissioner. RAW STORY acquired a copy of the suit Thursday.

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The practice, which appears to have continued under the two subsequent commissioners, is detailed in heavy detail in the court filing and may presage a painfully partisan future for Homeland Security. Supporters of Kerik note, however, that much of the retaliation against Lorquet came under his successors' watch.

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Lorquet says the situation grew so dire that two corrections officers even paid a visit to his home with a video camera when it was discovered that he planned to hold a fundraising function for Green at his home in August 2001.

More here. Lawsuit (.pdf) here.

[Itchinjim]

1. I think it is only fitting that a Nazi thug...

heads the American Gestapo. Good choice Dubya.

[Oldpals]

2. Am I

hallucinating or is there controversy involved with every person this administration appoints?

[Sideways]

3. MonkeyNuts Hangs With Thieves And ScumSucks Exclusively

EOM

[indepat]

6. Controversy only when an action is questioned

[dummy-du1]

10. He reminds me of Julius Streicher

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERstreicher.htm

[Steven_S]

4. I would expect nothing less....

If you are running the Federal Government as a criminal enterprize, you would not put a law-abiding public servant in that or any position.

Outrage, yes; suprise, no.

[Straight Shooter]

5. His mother led a more honorable life as a prostitute than Kerik has in his

He's a whore, through and through, worked out the angles of the system and has been playing them ever since.

bush likes to be surrounded by people with low moral character. He's like a man who seems to be a pillar of the community, but goes out of town and frequents every skanky dive he can find and surrounds himself with two-bit whores.

It's what the people don't see that is the true test of your character, not the mask you wear in public.

[okieinpain]

7. okay, now I don't know the rules, but this is one the dems need to

fight against. they need to raise holy hell over this appointment.

[BeyondGeography]

8. I agree, but it's too late

Our two Democratic Senators from NY are already on-the-record with their approvals. They see money if they get Kerik, and political problems at home if they oppose him.

[Carl Brennan]

9. I'm just glad to see Chimpboy getting a black eye by

having his boy snuffed so early.

:bounce: :bounce: Yipeee!!!