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Title: NYPD Captain Stomps Memorial for Dead Man — Taxpayers to Be Held Liable
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NY Post
URL Source: https://nypost.com/2019/08/03/nypd- ... mashing-bronx-street-memorial/
Published: Aug 3, 2019
Author: Kathianne Boniello
Post Date: 2019-08-07 08:01:02 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 505
Comments: 2
A pair of Bronx men are suing the city after a cop smashed a street memorial for their dead friend in a caught-on-video act of cruelty. Jonathan Rodriguez and Willy Lopez said they were paying tribute to their dearly departed pal when NYPD Capt. Emilio Melendez and other police officers ordered them to leave the area, according to a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit. Rodriguez and Lopez were marking the four-year anniversary of the death of a friend killed in a motorcycle accident in the Dominican Republic when Melendez and other officers approached, said their lawyer Richard Barton. The men were on Morris Avenue between 175th and 176th streets next to the memorial of candles, cards, letters, a flag and a teddy bear when Melendez began calling them criminals and started “kicking and crushing the candles, smashing and stomping the cards and other items and sweeping all the items in the memorial with his foot toward the street,” according to court papers and the video, which was posted to YouTube. “I will not have a fire on my block,” Melendez said, according to the footage. The incident coincided with the annual Dominican Day Parade, which perhaps had the officers on edge, said Barton, who insisted that local cops are familiar with the tradition of sidewalk and street memorials. “They well know the practice here,” he said. “I think it’s in everybody’s interest, the community’s interest, that we respect it.” Lopez said he was falsely arrested for disorderly conduct as he left the area, and both men are suing the city, the NYPD and Melendez for unspecified damages, claiming “intentional infliction of emotional distress.” The NYPD said it would review the lawsuit when it received it.
Captain Emilio Melendez kicked over a memorial for a deceased man from the Bronx.COPWATCH PATROL UNIT
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
The left out the part where he added, "If I catch you guys drinking and smoking weed again, I will issue you summonses". So there's that.
Actual NY Post Title: https://nypost.com/2019/08/03/nypd-cop-slapped-with-lawsuit-for-smashing-bronx-street-memorial/ It makes no claim that Taxpayers are to be held liable. The NYPD had not even seen the complaint. This source (ANFREEDOM, whatever that is) has a caption reading "Taxpayers to Be Held Liable". by Kenneth Hamilton Posted on 7 Aug 2019 Put them together, attribute the amalgamation to the NY Post, and you have bullshit. I don't reckon anyone can successfully sue the NYPD as it has no legal existence as a separate entity. One can sue the the city of New York or the individual officers.
“I will not have a fire on my block,” Melendez said, according to the footage.
#2. To: Deckard (#0)
NYPD cop slapped with lawsuit for ‘smashing’ Bronx street memorial
WATCH: Memorial for Dead Man – Taxpayers to Be Held Liable
both men are suing the city, the NYPD and Melendez
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