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phill4paul
01-05-2015, 04:13 PM
Thug attacks female MTA employee at Bronx train station: cops (video)

And here’s the lede of that story:

A hulking brute grabbed a 28-year-old MTA employee up in a bear hug at a Bronx train station, shoved her onto the platform and began choking her in an unprovoked attack – then ran away smiling, authorities said Wednesday.


Here’s the story after they found out that the culprit was a police officer:

NYPD cop turns self in for attacking female MTA employee

And here’s the lede of that story:

Police Officer Mirjan Lolja, 37, was suspended after the assault in which the Metropolitan Transportation Authority worker — who was on-duty and in her uniform — was allegedly put into a bear hug, thrown to the floor and choked, cops said.

Where's the "thug?" The "hulking brute?"


Notice anything? Gone is the evocative “thug” in the headline and the “hulking brute” of the lede, and the sensationalism of the label of an “unprovoked” attack, replaced by plainspoken and bare nouns. Gone, too, is the directness of the active voice, replaced by a circumspect passive voice, accompanied by the (necessary) lawyerly “allegedly”. The callousness of him smiling has been dropped, too, demoted to the second paragraph. This is no surprise — it’s just an example of the subtle way in which our media defers to and genuflects before law enforcement, shaping and coloring the narrative in their favor.

Next time you call someone a thug, New York Daily News, do make sure he’s not a cop instead, just going about, doing his duty, giving out bear hugs of love.


Read more at http://wonkette.com/570758/smirking-thug-who-attacked-lady-subway-worker-was-an-nypd-cop-surprise#XWpsAq7YgGspvMJC.99

phill4paul
02-02-2015, 03:34 PM
Update.


The Harlem cop charged with assaulting a rookie subway conductor in the Bronx walked out of court on a misdemeanor rap Friday — infuriating transit union officials.

Officer Mirjan Lolja, 37, was hit with a top charge of third degree assault for the Dec. 23 attack on female conductor Fatima Futa, 28.

“There is a glaring disparate treatment at play with New York's criminal justice system when a police officer is allowed to brutally assault a uniformed TWU Local 100 conductor and walk away with what amounts to a slap on the wrist,” said Transport Workers Union Local 100 President John Samuelsen.

“Had one of our conductors viciously assaulted a uniformed female police officer, an arrest would have occurred immediately, and that conductor would be facing substantial felony charges.

Had one of our conductors viciously assaulted a uniformed female police officer they would have been shot. p4p


Attacking an MTA employee is a felony in New York State punishable by up to seven years in prison.

“Based on the complaint, it’s sufficient to allege that he intended to cause a transit worker injury and did,” said Mark Bederow, a former Manhattan prosecutor. “In the state of New York, that is sufficient for a felony assault.”

In a statement, Bronx District Attorney spokeswoman Terry Raskyn defended the charges.

“There is an adequate scope of punishment (one year) covered by a misdemeanor charge,” Raskyn said. “Charging is always at the discretion of the District Attorney.”

^^^That guy Raskyn just let you in on the little secret that makes the Just-Us system.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/allegedly-assaulted-subway-worker-busted-source-article-1.2097479