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This article reminded me of NYPD Gene Schatz's bad behavior -- creepy.
He pulled up in a squad car to aggressively tell me the guests of the Mercer Hotel can park in the loading and unloading when they cannot and he abused his power using siren to get to our 15 min protest to harass us on behalf of The Mercer Hotel and FYI I notified DI Ed Winski of everyone of my protests and Schatz wasn't here because of NYPD orders but The Mercer called him.
For his abuse of power he was promoted to community affairs so he can wear a suit when doing favors for rich people helping them break laws like allowing the Mercer to use the loading unloading as private parking which garners cash for staff handling the cars.
Except:
"And so it began ...
The officer pulled out his nightstick, with one hand, grabbed Kenneth (whose name I’ve changed) by the throat with the other, and pushed him against the wall. Then he pinned the boy’s arms behind his back and pulled him, by the neck of his hoodie, down the fourth-floor hallway.
The officer, who said Kenneth pushed him, arrested Kenneth and drove him to the local precinct, where officers took his photo and his fingerprints, and detained him overnight in a locked cell.
Kenneth says he was not permitted to call his mother — or a lawyer — until much later in the day and it wasn’t until the next morning, when he was taken to court and charged with resisting arrest, that he was read his rights. On the advice of court-appointed counsel, Kenneth pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and emerged from the incident with an arrest record.
The story is disturbing, but not unusual.
Kenneth’s was one of 882 arrests in New York City public schools during the 2011-12 school year. (The police issued another 1,666 summonses for illegal conduct.) The incidents involved ranged from resisting arrest to possessing marijuana to drawing graffiti. Serious felony arrests were rare."
