NEW YORK COP, CHRISTOPHER INSERRA, CLAIMED HE WAS SO INJURED THAT HE COULD NOT LIFT HIS HAND. HE WAS THEN CAUGHT ON TAPE ROCKING
Of course we all know that most, if not all, of our great
police officers lie on the stand. Most people also know that they also
lie that they are injured on the job. If they happen to be of Italian decent,
then it is almost a certainty that they lie on the stand and that they are
injured.(Italian mafia comes to our mind).
One of them was caught lying that he was injured.
Moonlighting as the lead singer for a punk rock band, New York
City police officer Christopher Inserra danced and gyrated and on stage. It was
an impressive performance that he blithely posted on YouTube. There was only
one catch: At the same time that he was fist-pumping he was also collecting
medical disability payments for an enfeebled right arm.
Inserra claimed he hurt the arm while taking an injured Port
Authority employee to a medical facility. Medical exams found no serious
injuries, but Inserra complained he was in so much pain that he couldn't bend
his arm. The police department gave him time off with his full $90,000 salary
plus disability pay.
Alerted by the YouTube video, federal prosecutors charged
him with insurance fraud. Inserra pleaded guilty, received five years’
probation and resigned from the police force. He will also have to repay the
stolen disability money.
“He betrayed that and his brothers and sisters in the police
department,” federal prosecutor Robert Capers said. “He milked the system as a
member of law enforcement.”
Ironically, while he was on tour with his band, Inserra
performed songs entitled “My Sweet Disgrace” and “Walk of Shame.”