NYPD Officer Takes $1,300 from Man, Pepper Sprays Him When He Objects
Found on Altrnet on Sunday, 12 October 2014
A brief cell phone video shows a New York City police officer using pepper spray on a man and his sister after they complained the cop had taken more than $1,000 during a stop-and-frisk search.
The officer then reaches into Joye’s pocket and pulls out a handful of cash, and smacks his face and calls him an “asshole” when Joye asks him to return the money.
Joye’s sister confronts the officer as bystanders accuse him of robbery, and the cop blasts her with pepper spray when she identified two numbers on his badge.
Again and again the same scenario. Cops abusing their power. Just yesterday a cop throws a man into jail because of credit card problems, and a few more days ago cops steal money from gamblers. More than a week ago another cop got scared and shot a teenager; before that, about 3 weeks ago, yet another cop kills a father in his car. If it goes on like that, all that's needed is another little spark to turn this into a really big mess. It's time that officials teach the officers what their real duties are and how to do the job.