When Cops Go Bad Does the NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau Even Notice?

[WarholPop]

Source: Village Voice

In the past couple of years, the city's cops have not only been caught up in steroids investigations, like the one revolving around Lowen's Pharmacy in Bay Ridge; they've also been nabbed for running a Canada-to-Long-Island dope ring, stealing guns from their evidence rooms and selling them, providing muscle for an Albanian stick-up crew, pimping out teenaged girls, ratting out their own department to gangster pals, and stealing drugs to give to their informants. Oh, and then there was a New Jersey home invasion by two NYPD cops hoping to steal drugs—not bust the bad guys. Months before, the department's Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB) had dropped the ball on one of the cops, but things turned out OK: The cops botched the home invasion.

Read more: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0810,351165,351165,1.html/1

[truthisfreedom]

1. Feels like the 70's. bushco is a time machine... Under them, we've taken a giant leap into the past

How cool and retro is that?

[pattmarty]

10. Don't ya know, that's one of the big "conservative".........

......... ideas, return to the good old days.

[pattmarty]

2. US cops today are a lot of thugs plain & simple.

[Ordr]

6. "US cops today are a lot of thugs plain & simple. "

What an absolute load of bullshit.
Do you have statistics showing that the majority of US cops are what you claim?

[High Plains]

7. Let's be precise: Many US cops today are thugs plain and simple.

All you have to do is hang out here at DU and you see the posts almost every day where some cop beat somebody down, shot 'em dead, pushed 'em out a wheelchair, or otherwise acted like Nazis.

We have a real issue with out of control policing in this country.

[pattmarty]

9. Prove me wrong, motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Ordr]

11. lol

I asked you first, angel.

[DCKit]

8. Though I've met my share of bad cops, I have to disagree with the broad brush.

However, just as with the current administration, we need to set an example in order to send a message that none of them will ever forget - illegal behavior will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[acmavm]

3. So the criminal enterprise is a nationwide thing, not just the

Federal government? WOW! I bet the old KGB dudes are jealous.

[Mabus]

4. Why do you hate America?

Don't you remember 9/11? All cops are heroes. Heroes don't do anything wrong. :sarcasm:

[politicaholic]

5. Serpico redux. n/t