MAY 3, 2015
The New Jersey cops, including the state and local governments,
are notoriously corrupt.
NEW JERSEY NATIVE MD COP IS CHARGED TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE
ASSAULT, ONE COUNT OF FALSE IMPRISONMENT, AND TWO COUNTS OF MISCONDUCT IN
OFFICE
One of the Baltimore police officers charged in the death of
Freddie Gray is a former volunteer firefighter in Gloucester County.
Edward M. Nero, 29, volunteered at the Washington Township
Fire Department from 2002 until 2012, Fire Chief John Hoffman said Saturday.
Nero was one of six Baltimore officers charged Friday in the
death of Gray, 25, who suffered a serious spinal cord injury last month while
in police custody.
His death led to mass protests in Baltimore, where some
protesters damaged property and city officials instituted a curfew.
Nero has been charged with two counts of second-degree
assault, one count of false imprisonment, and two counts of misconduct in
office, according to court documents.
He turned himself in to police Friday and has been released
on bond, court records show.
NEW JERSEY-NATIVE SC COP SHOOTS A FLEEING AND UNARMED MAN FIVE TIMES IN
HIS BACK, PLANTS EVIDENCE AND REFUSES TO GIVE CPR
Few weeks ago, an officer charged with murder in the
shooting death of an unarmed black man in South Carolina has been fired as
anger continues to build around his case.
A video shows Officer Michael Slager, a 2001 Lenape High School graduate
in Medford, NJ, who is white, firing eight shots at 50-year-old Walter Scott as Scott has his back to him and
is running away. Scott, who was unarmed, was struck five times. Shortly after the shooting, this New Jersey
native planted a taser close to the body of the victim and failed to assist the
victim in any way. That is pretty much
the attitude of most New Jersey cops.
The cop's behavior in this case was so egregious, he has
made it difficult for every law enforcement officer everywhere who go to work every
day trying to do the right thing. How does anyone go from stopping someone for
a broken break light (and no other apparent infraction) to chasing the driver
and shooting him in the back five times (and eight shots fired)? I don't feel
sorry for him, and there are probably psychological questions regarding his
fitness for the job, why did he leave New Jersey to go to South Carolina to be
a cop, and so on.
On average, statistics show that the high school bully or Irish or Italian immigrants become cops - Italians are known crooks, thiefs, liars, gangsters (mobsters, mafiosos), while Irish have a reputation of being "tough" and nasty. All in all, very bad combination in police recruits gives policing a one-two punch in terms of ethical behavior. There are few good men, but it is hard to find them, though. Especially after 911, so many bad quality cops were hired, that the forces have been diluted by these residual or sub-par quality recruits.
On average, statistics show that the high school bully or Irish or Italian immigrants become cops - Italians are known crooks, thiefs, liars, gangsters (mobsters, mafiosos), while Irish have a reputation of being "tough" and nasty. All in all, very bad combination in police recruits gives policing a one-two punch in terms of ethical behavior. There are few good men, but it is hard to find them, though. Especially after 911, so many bad quality cops were hired, that the forces have been diluted by these residual or sub-par quality recruits.
LINDEN, NEW JERSEY
COP WAS 3-TIMES THE LEGAL ALCOHOL LIMIT WHEN HE KILLED TWO OF HIS FRIENDS AND
SERIOUSLY INJURED ANOTHER, INCLUDING HIMSELF.
The blood-alcohol level of the Linden cop who drove
the vehicle involved in last month's fatal wrong-way crash in Staten Island was
at a point that would likely cause "substantial" impairment in
driving and affect balance and muscle control, according to the CDC.
The Staten Island District Attorney's office confirmed
that driver Pedro Abad's BAC was .24 percent, three times the legal limit
of .08.
"In absolute terms, that's a very high blood alcohol
level," said Marsha Bates, the associate director of Rutgers' Center of
Alcohol Studies. "Someone who can drink enough to get their BAC that high
would be substantially impaired in many domains of functioning, including
skills that are involved in driving."
On March 20, Abad, 27, struck a tractor-trailer head-on
while driving the wrong way on the West Shore Expressway in Staten Island. Abad
and fellow officer Patrik Kudlac, 23, remain in critical but stable condition
with slow progress, Linden police have said. Officer Frank Viggiano and
passenger Joseph Rodriguez, both 28, were killed in the crash. The NYPD
confirmed the four men were at the Curves strip club before the crash and said
they are investigating whether Abad was intoxicated.
The Center
for Disease Control advises the following may happen at BAC levels of .15
or higher: "far less muscle control than normal, vomiting may occur
(unless this level is reached slowly or a person has developed a tolerance for
alcohol), major loss of balance, substantial impairment in vehicle control,
attention to driving task, and in necessary visual and auditory information
processing."
Many states, including New Jersey and New York, use
a BAC of .15 as a benchmark for greater drunk-driving penalties.
Bates also noted Abad's BAC was more than halfway to the the
"lethal dose 50" for alcohol — a BAC of .45 — which means that 50
percent of the time a BAC at that level causes death.
MORE RECENT CORRUPT
ACTS OF NEW JERSEY STATE EMPLOYEES AND US SENATORS
David Wildstein did not implicate Christie in the scheme that has cast a long shadow over the Republican governor's White House prospects in 2016.
Wildstein, an official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey at the time of the tie-ups, pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy.
He said that he came up with the plans along with Bridget Kelly, who was Christie's deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, who was Christie's top appointee at the Port Authority.
He said they orchestrated the scheme to punish the Democratic mayor of the town of Fort Lee, at the foot of the bridge, for not endorsing Christie's re-election bid. He said they also agreed to cover it up by claiming the lane closings were part of a traffic study.
Before Wildstein appeared in court, Christie declined to comment Friday as he left a hotel in McLean, Virginia. Christie has insisted all along that he knew nothing about the scheme.
We are certain he will face significant civil liability, as well, as many people suffered damages as a result of this cruel scheme. Get the real thug off the streets.
Now that Wildstein has pleaded guilty, it is worth remembering that what Christie has wanted all along is for Wildstein to take the fall.
In March 2014, Christie’s lawyers held an absurd press conference wherein they released the findings of their internal review of Bridgegate. They found, shockingly, that Christie had done nothing wrong—but that Wildstein had.
They went as far as to paint Wildstein as frantic and unhinged—someone with “50 crazy ideas a week.” The report claimed, “Wildstein first approached [a Christie aide] about his idea to realign the Fort Lee toll lanes.”
After Bridgegate broke, Wildstein publicly requested immunity. A few weeks later, Wildstein’s attorney released a letter that claimed “evidence exists as well tying Mr. Christie to having knowledge of the lane closures, during the period when the lanes were closed, contrary to what the Governor stated publicly in a two-hour press conference he gave…Mr. Wildstein contents the accuracy of various statements that the Governor made about him and he can prove the inaccuracy of some.”
Last April, the legal website Main Justice reported that Wildstein had been cooperating with prosecutors, and implied that they have struck a deal.
Christie has maintained that he did not know about the plot to close the lanes, or the closures themselves. He went as far as to mock reporter Matt Katz in December 2013 when he asked about it: “I worked the cones actually,” he joked.
An admission of guilt from Wildstein does not necessarily put Christie in the clear. What matters is whether or not he revealed anything about Christie in his dealings with the Feds, and if his version of events suggests Christie did know of the lane closures or did, in fact, work those cones himself.
YOU LIE, YOU LOSE: NEW JERSEY SEN. BOB MENENDEZ INDICTED ON
CORRUPTION CHARGES
HE JOINS A LONG LIST OF CORRUPT NEW JERSEY POLITICIANS,
ELECTED CROOKS, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, COPS, AND SO ON. THE STATE LOGO IS: “WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY,
NOW GIVE US ALL YOUR MONEY OR ELSE”
APRIL 1, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC (AP)
Sen. Bob Menendez was indicted on corruption charges
Wednesday, accused of using his office to improperly benefit a Florida eye
doctor and political donor.
The indictment charged the New Jersey Democrat with 14
counts, including bribery and conspiracy, over his ties to Dr. Salomon Melgen,
a wealthy doctor and the politician's longtime friend.
Melgen also was charged in the case.
The indictment from a grand jury in New Jersey was the
latest development in a federal investigation that came into public view when
federal authorities raided Melgen's medical offices two years ago. The
investigation focused on whether the senator had improperly advocated on
Melgen's behalf, including by intervening in a Medicare billing dispute.
Menendez has acknowledged that he flew multiple times on
Melgen's private jet to the Dominican Republic and initially failed to properly
pay for the trips. Menendez in 2013 agreed to reimburse Melgen $58,500 for the
full cost of two flights.
The senator's office later disclosed another flight, from
Florida to New Jersey in 2011, and said Menendez had repaid Melgen $11,250 for
it.
Last year, Menendez disclosed that his campaign accounts had
paid a law firm $250,000 for legal costs related to investigations by the
Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee of his ties to Melgen.
Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, has acknowledged taking actions that could benefit Melgen, among
them contacting U.S. health agencies to ask about billing practices and
policies.
But the lawmaker has said he did nothing wrong and that he
and Melgen have been friends for decades.
"We celebrated holidays together," he once told
reporters. "We have been there for family weddings and sad times like
funerals and have given each other birthday, holiday and wedding presents, just
as friends do."
Melgen came under renewed scrutiny when government data last
year showed he had received more in Medicare reimbursements in 2012 than any
other doctor in the country.
Menendez becomes the first sitting U.S. senator to face
indictment since then-Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, in 2008. Stevens was found
guilty of concealing gifts from donors on financial disclosure statements, but
the Justice Department later dropped the case after admitting that prosecutors
failed to turn over evidence that would have been favorable to his defense.
Menedez joined the Senate in 2006 after serving more than a
decade in the House of Representatives.
A lawyer and former mayor of Union City, New Jersey,
Menendez also served in the New Jersey General Assembly and state Senate.
Even while under federal investigation, he has used his
leadership position on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to criticize
negotiations between President Barack Obama's administration and Iran on its
nuclear program and has been outspoken in opposition to normalizing relations
with Cuba.
New Jersey: the state of the few, the proud, the corrupt.