NJ cop staples finger, gets permanent disability

[green73]

Christopher Onesti, who now lives in Drexel Hill, Pa., collects a police disability pension for life because he stapled the ring finger of his non-shooting hand. State authorities ruled he is “totally and permanently disabled” — no longer able to handle a gun or perform duties as a New Jersey Transit cop.

Yet as a retiree, Onesti now visits firing ranges to shoot a high-powered rifle for fun between trips to the bank to cash nearly $46,000 a year in tax-free pension checks.

New Jersey Watchdog obtained a recent video of Onesti — who retired at age 29 — showing off with a SSG 69 favored by Austrian Army snipers. After shooting five rounds, he turned to the camera to flash a big smile.

(Click here to view the video.)

cont.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/NJs_2_million_stapler_accident.html

via
http://libertycrier.com/n-j-cops-gun-range-stapler-accident-2-million-fallout/

[aGameOfThrones]

So he still has use in his hand to beat his wife?

[tod evans]

That poor hero, surely he deserves a raise....

[Todd]

I can't tell an Onion story from the real one these days.

[jkr]

wish i would staple MY finger...

[tod evans]

wish i would staple MY finger...

Come on by, I've got nailguns that'll shoot 23ga-16 penny, several different gauges of staples too..;)

[phill4paul]

SMFH. I mean what do say about this kinda crap?

[Tod]

I know of a former state patrolman in Ohio who is on disability. He farms and breeds horses and dogs. Sling those heavy tools around, run that equipment over rough ground, lug those bags of feed.....NO PROBLEM.

Nothing but a common thief.

[Influenza]

I really don't understand how some people live with themselves

[amy31416]

I know they must exist, but I've never met someone on disability who wasn't able-bodied.

[tod evans]

I know they must exist, but I've never met someone on disability who wasn't able-bodied.

I've got a buddy who's a paraplegic, he wants nothing to do with government or their handouts...

The sponges are a different breed.

[Halo]

Here's the scumbag's facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/conesti

Looks like he got himself a new jeep and some beachfront property. Lol at "Atlas Shrugged" in his favorite books.

[Philhelm]

I can't tell an Onion story from the real one these days.

If it sounds believable, it's probably an Onion story.

[Philhelm]

I know of a former state patrolman in Ohio who is on disability. He farms and breeds horses and dogs.

...Does he do the breeding himself?

[mrsat_98]

i HOPE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT HURT.

[Acronies]

...Does he do the breeding himself? That is probably what welfare assholes do these days.

[jkr]

http://www.lolbrary.com/content/409/why-we-cant-have-nice-things-18409.jpg

[heavenlyboy34]

That is probably what welfare assholes do these days.
Do we get to consider retirees (active or not) drawing Soc. Security checks welfare assholes too? /curious :confused:

[pcosmar]

I know they must exist, but I've never met someone on disability who wasn't able-bodied.

I have,, but they are a minority,, in my experience.

[pcosmar]

Do we get to consider retirees (active or not) drawing Soc. Security checks welfare assholes too? /curious :confused:

SS is a forced "investment". I don't blame any for collecting on it.
I hope to recoup some of my loss eventually,, if it is still available.

[heavenlyboy34]

SS is a forced "investment". I don't blame any for collecting on it.
I hope to recoup some of my loss eventually,, if it is still available.
Ditto for all other "social"/welfare/entitlement programs.

[Acronies]

Do we get to consider retirees (active or not) drawing Soc. Security checks welfare assholes too? /curious :confused: People that claim disabilites even when they are perfectly fit for work or people that claim unemployment benefits without looking for a job are welfare assholes for examples. A person who is disabled so he cannot support himself and therefore collects disability benfits is not a welfare asshole, an unemploymed person that collects unemployment benefits is not a welfare asshole if actively looks for a job. People that collect SS have their families taxed to pay for them and payed payroll taxes all their life and it is only fair if they get to collect the benefits.

[dannno]

wish i would staple MY finger...

Are you going to just let things happen, or make them happen?

[youngbuck]

I've got a buddy who's a paraplegic, he wants nothing to do with government or their handouts...

The sponges are a different breed.

Yea, I've met a few disabled people (paraplegics, etc.) who are much more accomplished and motivated than many able bodied people. They WANT to be independent, they want to get degrees, start businesses, be productive.

[Pericles]

The alternative is to still have this guy on the street with a gun and a badge ....

[kathy88]

I have a friend who lost his arm in a piece of machinery from the elbow down. He also has to tote an oxygen tank around. Still farms every day. FUCK this guy.

[MRK]

I know of a former state patrolman in Ohio who is on disability. He farms and breeds horses and dogs.


...Does he do the breeding himself?

Not with the horses and dogs, no. That would only work with the pigs.

[bolil]

I have a friend who lost his arm in a piece of machinery from the elbow down. He also has to tote an oxygen tank around. Still farms every day. FUCK this guy.

Well, it isn't a man, just a pig. So, "fuck this pig."

[Keith and stuff]

I know they must exist, but I've never met someone on disability who wasn't able-bodied.

My experience is the same. I have nothing against disabled people on disability but I've never met one...

[green73]

Meet Christopher Onesti: Former Cop, Impenitent Welfare Parasite
William Norman Grigg

http://www.lewrockwell.com/assets/2013/12/Coprophagous-Grin-300x145.jpg

Somewhere, there is probably a “Wounded Heroes in Blue” roster that pays tribute to former New Jersey police officer Christopher Onesti (http://www.allgov.com/news/unusual-news/self-stapled-finger-earns-new-jersey-cop-lifetime-pension-worth-2-million-dollars-131214?news=851912), who retired on disability in 2006 following an on-duty incident in which he injured the ring finger of his left hand on a target range.

That injury was gun-inflicted, in a sense: Onesti, a former transit cop, perforated the finger while using a staple gun to secure a paper target. Undaunted, the valiant officer applied a band-aid and continued shooting without noticeable difficulty. Yet he was designated “totally and completely disabled” and retired at age 29.

Despite that supposed handicap, the plucky hero continues to pursue his shooting hobby (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLeI4ALwQAo). Unlike his betters in the productive class, Onesti has ample free time to indulge in recreation: He is collecting a tax-free disability pension of $46,000 a year – an amount nearly equivalent to his salary. His lifetime pension will cost tax victims in New Jersey at least $2.3 million.

Asked (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/NJs_2_million_stapler_accident.html) about this absurdly lucrative pension by reporters from a New Jersey TV station, Onesti shrugged and replied, “My lawyer said I was entitled to it…. It’s not a question of [whether] I deserve [it], it’s a question of what the law says.”

Perhaps not surprisingly, Onesti has moved to Pennsylvania, most likely to put some distance between himself and the public he supposedly served as a police officer.

UPDATE
The original title of this essay used the term “whore” in a way that was needlessly offensive. I sincerely apologize for insulting peaceful, honest entrepreneurs (whatever one thinks of the transactions involved, when consensual they are not criminal in nature) by comparing them to someone who was paid to commit aggressive violence before taking up a life of subsidized indolence.


http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/meet-christopher-onesti-former-cop-impenitent-welfare-whore/