Whoops! Drug Suspect Turns Tables On Cops With Videotape
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/jose-maximo-colon-turn-ta_n_215275.html
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When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong.
But proclaiming innocence wasn't going to be good enough. The Dominican immigrants needed proof.
"I sat in the jail and thought ... how could I prove this? What could I do?" Jose, 24, recalled in Spanish during a recent interview.
As he glanced around a holding cell, the answer came to him: Security cameras. Since then, a vindicating video from the club's cameras has spared the brothers a possible prison term, resulted in two officers' arrest and become the basis for a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
The officers, who are due back in court June 26, have pleaded not guilty, and New York Police Department officials have downplayed their case.
But the drug corruption case isn't alone.
But proclaiming innocence wasn't going to be good enough. The Dominican immigrants needed proof.
"I sat in the jail and thought ... how could I prove this? What could I do?" Jose, 24, recalled in Spanish during a recent interview.
As he glanced around a holding cell, the answer came to him: Security cameras. Since then, a vindicating video from the club's cameras has spared the brothers a possible prison term, resulted in two officers' arrest and become the basis for a multimillion-dollar lawsuit.
The officers, who are due back in court June 26, have pleaded not guilty, and New York Police Department officials have downplayed their case.
But the drug corruption case isn't alone.
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Varex_Sythe
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In instances like these, I think any lawsuit should encompass the officers who were corrupt and any pension or something of the like that they might have. Don't sue the station, which could have good police in it, and cost the state millions for the actions of a few individuals.
- 2 years ago
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Varex_Sythe
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N_Dank
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i love to see the police fail :]
- 2 years ago
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N_Dank
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Robroy1
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Sue the hell out of them,crooked cops really stink to high heaven, most cops have a hidden agenda and can't be trusted and so there goes your proof.
- 2 years ago
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Robroy1
