Swordsmyth
05-22-2019, 07:56 PM
Four high-ranking NYPD cops are suing the city, claiming they were scapegoats forced into retirement to protect Mayor de Blasio and former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton from a federal bribery investigation and denied due process.
Former Inspector Peter DeBlasio and ex-Deputy Chiefs Andrew Capul, David Colon and Eric Rodriguez were booted from the department in 2016 after being linked to a bribes-for-favors scandal revolving around mayoral donors Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg.
“At the end of the day, you always need sacrificial lambs. But we don’t know why. Why us?” Capul told the Daily News. “That job we love so much — they took it away from us. We want someone to step up and tell us why.”
“The Police Department would not tell us what we allegedly did wrong,” Capul said.
The four cops with nearly 120 years of combined experience were mentioned in testimony and court documents but never charged. Their lawsuit will be filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday.
More at: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-scandal-scapegoat-cops-sue-mayor-commissioner-20190513-y3baz34mdva6vl37ld4xdx6eq4-story.html
Former Inspector Peter DeBlasio and ex-Deputy Chiefs Andrew Capul, David Colon and Eric Rodriguez were booted from the department in 2016 after being linked to a bribes-for-favors scandal revolving around mayoral donors Jona Rechnitz and Jeremy Reichberg.
“At the end of the day, you always need sacrificial lambs. But we don’t know why. Why us?” Capul told the Daily News. “That job we love so much — they took it away from us. We want someone to step up and tell us why.”
“The Police Department would not tell us what we allegedly did wrong,” Capul said.
The four cops with nearly 120 years of combined experience were mentioned in testimony and court documents but never charged. Their lawsuit will be filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Monday.
More at: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-scandal-scapegoat-cops-sue-mayor-commissioner-20190513-y3baz34mdva6vl37ld4xdx6eq4-story.html