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Weinstein, a 40-year veteran of the bench, was not persuaded by the city's claim that there is no evidence that police lying is condoned as an official policy.
"Informal inquiry by [myself] and among the judges of this court, as well as knowledge of cases in other federal and state courts ... has revealed anecdotal evidence of repeated, widespread falsification by arresting officers of the New York City Police Department," Weinstein wrote.
He said that while the vast majority of cops don't engage in crooked practices, it was common enough to be an institutional problem.
The judge said that despite better training for recruits and tough disciplinary action for bad cops, "there is some evidence of an attitude among officers that is sufficiently widespread to constitute a custom or policy by the city approving ******* conduct."
A police spokesman had no immediate comment on the decision, which was made public yesterday.
Maximo Colon and his *******, Jose, say Queens narcs busted them last year on false charges of selling ******* in order to meet arrest quotas.
A surveillance tape inside Club Delicias de Mi Terra completely exonerated the Colons and led to the indictments of Detectives Henry Tavarez and Stephen Anderson.
The Colons then filed a $10 million lawsuit for false arrest.
Weinstein lowered the boom on the NYPD after giving city lawyer Afsaan Saleem a chance to come up with documentation showing that steps have been taken to address any problem of false testimony and fabricated criminal charges by cops.
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Excerpt:
Weinstein, a 40-year veteran of the bench, was not persuaded by the city's claim that there is no evidence that police lying is condoned as an official policy.
"Informal inquiry by [myself] and among the judges of this court, as well as knowledge of cases in other federal and state courts ... has revealed anecdotal evidence of repeated, widespread falsification by arresting officers of the New York City Police Department," Weinstein wrote.
He said that while the vast majority of cops don't engage in crooked practices, it was common enough to be an institutional problem.
The judge said that despite better training for recruits and tough disciplinary action for bad cops, "there is some evidence of an attitude among officers that is sufficiently widespread to constitute a custom or policy by the city approving ******* conduct."
A police spokesman had no immediate comment on the decision, which was made public yesterday.
Maximo Colon and his *******, Jose, say Queens narcs busted them last year on false charges of selling ******* in order to meet arrest quotas.
A surveillance tape inside Club Delicias de Mi Terra completely exonerated the Colons and led to the indictments of Detectives Henry Tavarez and Stephen Anderson.
The Colons then filed a $10 million lawsuit for false arrest.
Weinstein lowered the boom on the NYPD after giving city lawyer Afsaan Saleem a chance to come up with documentation showing that steps have been taken to address any problem of false testimony and fabricated criminal charges by cops.
....
