Capital New YorkAnthony Bologna, NYPD Cop Who Pepper-Sprayed Occupy Protesters, Will Get …Huffington PostAnthony Bologna– the NYPD Deputy Inspector caught on video pepper-spraying two women Occupy Wall Street protesters in Union Square last fall– could have to dig into his own pockets to pay for the damages in the women's civil lawsuit against him.Kelly Criticizes Law Dept. Decision in Pepper-Spray SuitNew York Times (blog)City won't defend NYPD officer in Occupy suitWall Street JournalCity Won't Defend Inspector Anthony Bologna in Occupy Wall Street SuitDNAinfoRT -Capital New Yorkall 23 news articles »
Its a shame…What these cops have to deal with on a regular bases…Lots of the people out there protesting have no respect for the police depts anymore.. If anybody out there who puts themselfs in a dangerous situation & refuse to follow PD orders to back off /disperse,,,then u run the risk of being sprayed…What else is a cop supposed to do? Beg you? Maybe saying please? Just watch a few youtube video’s & see what the cops have to deal with on a regular bases.
Only in New York could you have a cop named Tony Baloney.
Respect is earned. None of these punk cops have done anything that deserves respect.
You make a good point! But remember not all Cops are good
some enjoy the opportunity to use force to boost their Ego,
Police officers need to be held accountable when they break the law. Dont unions stick up for their members?
Give me a break. Are you going to tell me that Bloomberg had nothing to do with the way these cops behaved? He was having meetings with NYPD higher-ups about Occupy on a daily basis. The cops on the street were told to be harsh and then when one takes it too far the city abandons him. You helped create the culture within the NYPD that led to these assaults and Bologna wasn’t the only one…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/occupy-wall-street-review_n_1707866.html
The least you can do now is have the backs of all the little monsters you created Dr. Bloomenstein.
Bologna’s attorney disagrees with the decision. “He wasn’t doing this as Anthony Bologna, mister,” Louis La Pietra told The Journal, in hopes the city will come to his client’s aid. “He was doing this as Anthony Bologna, deputy inspector, NYPD.”… so… being in uniform justifies doing cold blooded acts of crime?… i think not mr la pietra… the uniform should hold the wearer’s actions to a much higher standard than the acts of a civilian… because with the uniform comes power not authorized or granted to civilians.
No, it doesn’t justify the act. But I think it does mean that NYPD is responsible since he was acting as an agent of NYPD.
of course we will never see eye to eye so i wont even waste my time or yours..I guess it all comes down to different views..
of course there will always be a few bad apples out there but for the most part,,,it kind of reminds me of a cop trying to pull someone over for a simple violation & it escalates into a highspeed chase…How about using common sence & pulling over when u see the emergency lights in the rearview mirror..Maybe i got of the subject
Marla Louise… i agree with you and i would include nyc in the suit… but i disagree that the city should provide council for him… if he had committed cold blooded murder… would the city have to provide a lawyer for him if he was charged with murder… i think not… but the city could very possibly be liable for a wrongful death.
And the home of the free. Not quite.
Transferred to Staten Island-the kiss of death.
the NYPD obviously didn’t defend Bologna’s actions, as they not only punished him for them but also banished Bologna to Staten Island.
as for the pro-Occupy lawyers report, it makes for fine reading while seated in the bathroom and could then be put behind….to better use.
good thing too
he got docked ten vacation days. and got rezoned. oh the humanity.
Bout time that these bent cops dont get away with their antics.Justice should be served cop or no cop.
a couple of things for you to understand, DD.
the NYPD wouldn’t have done that stuff, and done it so quickly, if they condoned Bologna…..Once they docked penalized him and sent him out to where NYPD careers go to die, there was no chance that Bologna would win the lawsuit.
and further, he didn’t do anything that caused much more than transitory human suffering.
Don’t see what he did wrong, these protesters are a pain in the butt.
I hope they bankrupt him.
Bad cop…no donut.
And the city scapegoats him distancing themselves from his actions and in the narrative they seek to construct distancing themselves from the abuse of the protester’s rights that the Bloomberg administration ordered.
Ah, so the city has chosen its sacrificial goat. And a very nice ugly one they have picked as its unlikely he’ll generate much sympathy for his actions.
Lost along the way will be all the other cops who acted inappropriately or the guys who ordered them to take those tactics. If the Police Union really wanted to protect their guys they would rat out whichever elected officials called out for the kind of hardline tactics that were used. It is after all pretty doubtful that it was just a chance that they acted the same way cops did in all those other cities.
These lousy cops have been hiding behind their badges for decades now. It is about time that now a cop will have to stand up in court and be punished for his terrible actions. I hope this sends a clear message to all cops everywhere. The days of police abuse and brutality are over for ever in the US.
Pepper spraying does not last forever. It’s meant for TEMPORARY blindness, not permanent blindness. The lawsuit on the police officer for pepper spraying is ridiculous. The person who is suing is blind to the fact he could of easily done worse things to her. A complete waste of time if you ask me.
Pepper spraying is cold blooded acts of crime? It’s not deadly, just temporary blindness. It doesn’t kill people The lawsuit is a waste of time and always is. Some people mistake this as cold-blooded. Watch the news of Syria and Libya at all? The protestors have gone through far worse than any peppy-sprayed protestor here. So take into context that ‘cold-blooded’ word and think about the world events compared to your ‘violent’ police here.
Just pepper spray him
Ah, so law-abiding citizens should be grateful that law enforcement agents merely wounded them temporarily instead of maiming them for life, or killing them?
Tell me, are you sure you wouldn’t rather live in North Korea, Myanmar, or some other totalitarian dictatorship?
Frivolous lawsuit this is. All he did was pepper spray the individual. If he actually broke one of the person’s bones, then the lawsuit would make sense. Temporary blindness doesn’t constitute suing and bankrupting anyone.