4 police officers charged in assault on tourist

[RamboLiberal]

Source: MSNBC

The acting police chief and three officers in a small resort town on Fire Island were indicted Tuesday on charges that they beat a vacationer accused of littering, injuring him so severely he was hospitalized for 10 days.

Acting Chief George Hesse pleaded not guilty to first-degree assault, gang assault and unlawful imprisonment in the August 2005 beating of tourist Samuel Gilberd, a software executive from New York City.

“It was a police department gone wild,” Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota said after a hearing. “There was no control at all.”

They “acted as thugs in police uniforms,” he said.

Gilberd suffered severe internal injuries, including a ruptured bladder that required 10 days in a hospital, Assistant District Attorney Bob Biancavilla said.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17815513/

[Kutjara]

1. "Thugs in police uniforms."

A tautology, surely.

[ThomCat]

2. Not quite, but it seems to be a frequent correlation.

x(

[DemGa]

3. Put a blue costume on some people....

[saigon68]

8. And they act like prison guards at Abu Ghraib

[ends_dont_justify]

4. unbelievable!

And they're saying the homeless people are to blame for tourist loss :eyes:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2782881

[sakabatou]

5. For litering?!

Good god!

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[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

7. Fire Island, huh?

I wonder if there is a gay-bashing aspect to this? After all, this IS Fire Island we're talking about.

[Earth_First]

9. The careers of these officers is like Fire Island after Labor Day...

...OVER!

[Miss Chybil]

10. OMG. What a travesty. nt