Sue the pants off those criminals. Hit em up in the pockets.

If that did happen they way they described it, then trust and believed the internal affairs will looked into that and these officers will have to answer to a higher authority no one is above the laws in this country

"If that did happen they way they described it, then trust and believed the internal affairs will looked into that and these officers will have to answer to a higher authority no one is above the laws in this country"

Memebers of the NYPD get away with nonsense like this ALL the time. Aqui existe el abuso tambien...pa' que sepa.

I don't know all the fact....

1. Did the couple see what lead up to the police "beating of the suspect" ?
2. Was the couple arrested for obstruction, are they charged ?
3. Did these police officers have past abuse incidents ?
4. No info. on the beating suspect was he charged for a crime ?
5. No mention of possible witnesses to the incident ?
6. Does the couple both speak and understand English fully ?
7. Was Hope struck more then once ?
8. Pedro arrested 4 times, for what crime, is he charged ?
9. Hope punched, Pedro only shoved ?
10. Did the F.B.I investigate any possible civil rights violation ?
11. $24 million dollar law suit, for pain / suffering and or abuse under the color of authority ?
12. Where's Jesse J. & Al Sharpton at ?
13. Is color an alleged issue ?
14. Does Hope & Pedro have criminal records prior to this incident ?
15. Is Hope & Pedro employed ?
16. Have the police in this incident faced any Departmental discipline ?

I can go on.....

Ciebaeno75,

Possible Police brutality ? But I would never deny that, in the U.S currently the percentage is small.

Criminal brutality against crime victims a 100% fact.

I grew up in that area. Cops always treated the locals like sh**. Not saying every cop is like that but there are lot of disrespectful police officers that aren't that much better than the thugs. Generally when it comes to NYPD the motto is do what you gotta do worry about covering your azz later.

ElChico,

There are bad cops everywhere, Southern California's L.A.P.D used to have one of the baddest reputations of abuse [I'm not talking R. King either].

Then came community policing and with it came the publics understanding and real life perception of what police go through on a daily bases....NEVER an excuse for improper behavior on or off duty.

Now L.A.P.D has the new reputation of "Latino / Black police abuse" yet all is silent....nothing like being abused by your kind.

Imagine that.....how much crime is committed where so many public eyes, ears and video cameras are present, which brings me to this incident.....NO WITNESSES, NO CRY'S FOR HELP HEARD ?

They say no crime goes unseen or unheard of, police now realize how important and dependent they have become on the publics help to solve crime.

The stuff I've seen in the DR committed by police in public and in the open, who would dare challenge them ?

more to come....

More....

If one is ever gets abused by police in the U.S physical or verbally be calm and respectful never be confrontational, wait then simply ask why are you being pulled over, stopped or questioned.

Document the whole verbal conversation and document date, time, location, name, rank [look for strips] badge number and if possible witnesses.

Then file a formal written complaint and be sure to obtain a copy from the Captain / watch commander of the written complaint for your records, then if warranted seek legal action.

The key words here are DOCUMENT the incident and obtain WITNESSES when ever possible.

Just think....how many times when were a victim of a crime we grab that phone and dial for help with out even thinking.

Remember a crime is a crime, the U.S is a nation of laws and nobody in the U.S is above the law.

LOL unless your in Cuba.

4 NYPD thugs fired 57 shot killing a man holding his wallet and were found not guilty so do you think they care about giving a azz beating.

Typical Domincans.
Can't cry in your country because of deaf ears however come to another country and cry at least here you will be heard and have your day in court.

hellborn, you obviously have never sued a police department in the US. They are as crooked as their Dominican counterparts. Unless a video appears to back their story, they will get a minor (under 50,000) settlement or they will just keep getting harassed until they can't take it anymore.

There is not enough information in this article to make a judgement in favor or either side

oh believe me I know the stories of the nypd , I live in new york for some time then I move to new jersey its good and bad everywhere , new york cops have a history of being trigger happy in some cases, but lets face it cops got to deal with alot scumbag criminals specialy in new york were crime is rampat , if these cops did commit this act like I said they will have to answer to internal affairs , however I get the feeling that the people who are suing the police department are a bunch chopos. what bussness is of theres to get involed in a police matter where they claim that a boy was being beaten? if thats the case, like riosm says they should of been arrested for police obstruction.

What everybody is failing to understand.....we are all putting in our tainted hear say, beliefs and past experiences minus all the facts.

May I add......we are all putting in our twist on what limited information is leaved to the press which is what to be expected coming from a Dominican press regarding an incident that happened in another Country.

Unlike the DR here in the U.S justice will be served.

Centurian,

O.K would a couple well placed shots through the head would of earned public out cry ? I could see it know "assassination by police" to added with a police sniper.

At the time the first shot would of automatically been followed by other shots....understand most officers don't know if those other shots are return fire. Plus night / day, cover / concealment, public street / alley, weather cold / hot, wanted felon / normal police stop etc..etc..

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR POLICE ABUSE or BRUTALITY IN THE DR or the U.S.

The U.S. is a glorified apartheid country. If you're not Caucasian, with clear eyes, and peachy-cream complexion; you get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, and you're up the creek without a paddle. (The Civil Rights Act of 1964, and all that blah, blah, blah, notwithstanding). :-)

ArielFornari,

I like millions living in the U.S today would disagree.

Personally I would never put my self in the "wrong place at the wrong time"......I choose my friends I don't let so called friends choose me. Trash comes in all colors.

But what the heck ! A crime is not a crime if committed by the same color, that's why there's no abuse in the DR.

"glorified apartheid country" today you'll have a hard time convincing the tens of thousands of teachers, lawyers, entertainers, business owners etc..etc.. even a half white truly Afro-American prez of that.

I wonder what category would you put the DR in ?

No Country is perfect.

riosm, "Nobody in the USA is above the laws" ??? Unless you're in the criminal government. The laws are only for the little guys. Better advice is simply to avoid USA altogether.

VivaCuba,

Why with your Cuban only experience you know it all, your a expert, a tool of Cuban propaganda.

But I can't blame you only know what you've been told all your life with no knowledge to know the difference and form a "FREE" THOUGHT of your own.

Ever hear of "FREE" ELECTIONS, PRESS, SPEECH, ASSEMBLY and HUMAN RIGHTS ?
I'm sorry you don't know.

More like the USA simply totally avoided / ignored the Cuban government.....then the Cuban Gov. blamed the USA for their failed communist state, that I do know.

All these Lush Rimjobs/Glen Beck wannabee types that are always hoopin' and hollerin' on this forum about the good ole' USA, belong to that unenviable menagerie known, as the functionally illiterate of the historic memory of nations. They're always jumpin' up and down about how marvellous and fabulous the USA is, but I bet your bottom dollar they wouldn't dare stick their noses in books like "Las venas abiertas de America Latina" by Eduardo Galeano, a copy in English I believe was what President Chavez graciously handed to President Obama at the Americas Summit in Trinidad. Needless to say I doubt Obama bothered to read it, 'cause if he did his attitude would've been a bit less cavalier on his recent (and failed) Latin American tour. The U.S. is so infected with imperial self-righteousness, arrogance and fault-finding of our Latin countries, that I doubt it sees itself in the mirror of history. Now we know the reason why these Lush Rimjobs/Glen Beck types keep harping on this forum

And as to the Cuban Revolution, you amateur fascists from up North can rant and rave all you want about Uncle Fidel, but if it weren't for Fidel and the Revolution, the entire Latin American Continent nowadays would be a motley hodge-podge collection of semi-feudal vassal states, all bending their knees to Uncle Sugar. Too bad Uncle Fidel rained on Uncle Sam's parade and he wouldn't march to the beat of the Empire. Not only does Uncle Sam have to contend now with our valiant brothers and sisters of Revolutionary Cuba, but Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Nicaragua, and others, are finally twiddling their thumbs at Uncle Sam too. You Yankee counterparts might not like it, but you gotta lump it! :-)

ArielFornari,

Well well just what I thought....a Castro wannabe.

Thanks to your uncle Fidel people like you are the real ranters and ravers instead of boasting how great Cuba and those commie states are you waste your time pointing fingers at others while recruiting for your lost causes.

People are smarter then you think / estimate and want no part of your 1960's radical socialist militant crap.

Funny.....you post from the DR not Cuba, why ?

The DR Gov. should round-up all you Cubans socialist recruiters and ship you all back to your beloved Cuban prison Island.

riosm, yes I have been locked down inside Cuba all of my life so this is all I know. How many countries have you visited in your lifetime to give you knowledge, wisdom and freedom to think independently of the american press?

VivaCuba,

I've been all over the world and ever Country I've visited ALL YEARN for the American dream.

Country's I will not visit are Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua etc..etc.. and to think these Country's just mentioned never have a illegal immigration problem, ever wonder why ? More like keeping people in then out.

"American press" are you kidding me....in the last 20 years the U.S media use to just report facts / news.

Now the liberal media reports only a one sided version of the issues. "never under estimate the power of the media" know it's more like a propaganda tool.

I do a lot of independent research on my own I view the news with an open free mind.

Good thing in America we have "FREEDOM OF CHOICE" and options like switching the channel or just turning it off.

Why is it...socialist Country's use the past to push their hidden agenda ?

I know whats best for my family not the Gov.

That is in my opinion proof of their unhappiness.

"Why is it...socialist Country's use the past to push their hidden agenda ?" I don't know. You come from a very socialist country now, you should have the answer to this question. The people of the world are waking up to the fact america is no longer the nation of dreams but now the worst nightmare especially for those immigrants who have experienced it first hand. Thos that still want to come are those that have listened to their old ancestors.

VivaCuba,

Very good for a sympathizer.

Socialist until the 2012 elections.

Yeah thanks to Prez. "Oh'No !

About those ILLEGAL immigrants...there still coming by the hundreds daily....for a better life.

That's one thing about nightmares......they only last as long as one is asleep, as far as the Socialist Country's it's a NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE, like a "FREDDY KRUGER" movie on a overdose of sleeping pills.

And to think from what I understand you never lived in the U.S before, right ?

Has vivacuba been anywhere beside cuba and DR? I'm curious where did he get his knowledge of the US or is he just repeating the same propanda he heard all his life.

Centurion,

I know....from the pro Castro socialist revolution one sided propaganda machine.

The total Cuban socialist Government controlled media.

A lie repeated over and over again one tends to believe it as fact.

Good point. I willing to bet he's been around country's like....Venezuela, Bolivia and Nicaragua.