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A Controversial New Crime Operation Is Targeting Bystanders
What would you do if you found a wallet or a bag lying in the subway or on the street?
While riding in the New York subway, Carlos Alayo found a wallet sitting on an empty bench. In a hurry to get to a meeting, Alayo picked up the wallet and said he was going to check it for ID later. Before he knew it he was being frisked by police.
In the PC correct world we seem to be living in now, it doesn't even seem to be a good idea to try to be a good samaritan.
Being older and kind of set in my ways I would pick up something that I thought maybe someone had dropped or left lying due to just forgetting to pick it up even if I knew it might be a little while before I could turn it in or try to contact the owner.
Remember when it was "Innocent untill proven guilty"?
Now it seems to be the reverse.
It is a shame.
Isn't there still something about proving malicious intent?
I'll still take my chances if it means trying to help someone.
But then you see a whole portion of a city evacuated because someone left a bag laying somewhere and it looks suspicious and the bomb squad, marines, superman, and everyone else comes in to investigate.
So what do you do?
I will still try to do what I think is right to help my neighbor or even someone I don't know.
Hey, maybe you missed this "cop behaving badly" news story from earlier today.
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NEW YORK - A teenage suspect who secretly recorded his interrogation on an MP3 player has landed a veteran detective in the middle of perjury charges, authorities said Thursday.
Unaware of the recording, Detective Christopher Perino testified in April that the suspect "wasn't questioned" about a shooting in the Bronx, a criminal complaint said. But then the defense confronted the detective with a transcript it said proved he had spent more than an hour unsuccessfully trying to persuade Erik Crespo to confess — at times with vulgar tactics.
Once the transcript was revealed in court, prosecutors asked for a recess, defense attorney Mark DeMarco said. The detective was pulled from the witness stand and advised to get a lawyer.
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Oh, man, it's butt-pucker time for that cop.
Last edited by ParkTwain; 12-07-2007 at 04:25 AM..
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