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[Enzom21]

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An NYPD sergeant was stripped of her gun and shield Friday after she was brought up on departmental charges in the July 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, police said.

Sgt. Kizzy Adonis was placed on modified duty, facing four counts of “failure to supervise,” according to a union official. The NYPD provided no details on the case against her.

Adonis, a 14-year NYPD veteran, was one of the supervising officers at the scene of Garner's death during his arrest 18 months ago for selling illegal loose cigarettes.

Adonis told investigators “the perpetrator's condition did not seem serious and that he did not appear to get worse,” according to an internal report by the NYPD.

But Adonis also said that she “believed she heard the perpetrator state that he was having difficulty breathing.”

So you can get away with killing someone but not supervising said killing?
Office who is being charged:

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Seems like a scapegoat. They should charge the person who was doing the actual choking.

 

[Baconsaurus Rex]

Adonis, a 14-year NYPD veteran, was one of the supervising officers at the scene

I bet the other supervising officers did a mighty fine job of supervising, didn't they.

 

[akira28]

level of shock = 0.00000000019

well I hope black cops know who the ballast is.

 

[Byakuya769]

First farce, then tragedy.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Not surprised she's the one that went up on the block.

 

[akira28]

Not surprised she's the one that went up on the block.

they found the killer. Justice will be done.

 

[EatinOlives]

Should've seen this coming.

What a joke.

 

[TheOMan]

LOL, wat? Scapegoat much?

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Hmm..

 

[lenovox1]

level of shock = 0.00000000019

well I hope black cops know who the ballast is.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[ColdPizza]

Total scapegoat, plus the fact that she's black seems like this is a calculated move by the PD and/or the union to downplay the racial overtones of this case. Sort of like "see? How can we be racist since the supervisor in charge was black?"

 

[Dai101]

So, a patsy.

 

[Frozenprince]

Of course the black officer is the scapegoat/patsy for the white officers that actually killed the poor kid.

This fucking country.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

Devil coming..

 

[hokahey]

Would you be mad if she was white?

 

[Frozenprince]

For real, every minority officer on that force should walk out, right now.

Not acceptable.

 

[danm999]

But they haven't yet charged the officer that actually killed him? Geez.

 

[Enzom21]

Would you be mad if she was white?

No, I would be absolutely ecstatic that the piece of shit who murdered him still hasn't been charged.

Would you care either way?

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

They do realize how fucking transparent this shit is, right?

Would you be mad if she was white?

If you think that's even the problem here, then you clearly haven't been paying any attention.

 

[Dai101]

They do realize how fucking transparent this shit is, right?

They think we're that gullible. They might be right.

 

[Frozenprince]

They do realize how fucking transparent this shit is, right?

You think the NYPD gives a fuck about how blatantly obvious this is? You're talking about a police force that is openly and outwardly corrupt, a police force where the HEAD of it literally said "we're not a civil service, we're a business, and it's our job to maintain and run this like a business".

 

[Vicetrailia]

Damn where's Hajime Saito when you need him.

 

[InfiniteBento]

Such bullshit.

 

[Massive Duck. C.M.]

Would you be mad if she was white?

It's not even February yet

 

[deefol]

This is truly disgusting

 

[sinxtanx]

why is it that my most cynical thought ("it's someone who did not cause his death, isn't it?") as always turns out to be the truth?

 

[royalan]

Are you kidding me?

 

[CygnusXS]

Ah yes, the worst possible decision. Stay true to yourself, NYPD.

 

[Hollycat]

they have to be joking right?

 

[PopeReal]

Yeah ok. Murderer goes free but thanks so much.

 

[Cipherr]

WTF. I mean she fucked up too and deserves it. But the fucking guy who choked a man to death though!

Okay?????

 

[Memory]

Is she the 1st person being charged or the only person being charge?

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

What's the likelihood she tried to speak out about this and was punished for her actions? The story makes it sound like she was following the typical NYPD course but I can't believe they'll punish her and not the guy choking.

 

[Slayer-33]

Que?

 

[ItIsOkBro]

TIL to get away with murder get someone to supervise your murder

 

[Jarmel]

This is depressing.

 

[Kinyou]

I bet the other supervising officers did a mighty fine job of supervising, didn't they.

Yeah, seems weird that only one would be picked out. They all fucked up

 

[Tagyhag]

*puts on tinfoil hat*

What's the likelihood she tried to speak out about this and was punished for her actions? The story makes it sound like she was following the typical NYPD course but I can't believe they'll punish her and not the guy choking.

I think if that were true she would have said something about it.

 

[Dai101]

Is she the 1st person being charged or the only person being charge?

Wouldn't surprise me if is the 1st and only.

*puts on tinfoil hat*

What's the likelihood she tried to speak out about this and was punished for her actions? The story makes it sound like she was following the typical NYPD course but I can't believe they'll punish her and not the guy choking.

This either.

 

[Volimar]

That doesn't make any sense. Why would they charge the supervisor and not the person that actually did the choki...

Office who is being charged:

Oh.

 

[UFO]

The hits keep coming. This makes no fucking sense.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

That doesn't make any sense. Why would they charge the supervisor and not the person that actually did the choki...




Oh.

Supervisor probably gave her subordinates a dehumanizing stare which made them choke Eric. That'd explain it.

 

[Blader]

Of course the black officer is the scapegoat/patsy for the white officers that actually killed the poor kid.

This fucking country.

Garner was a 40-something year old man.

They do realize how fucking transparent this shit is, right?

And when has that ever stopped shitty, corrupt police officials from being shitty and corrupt?

 

[Tesseract]

makes sense, more actions will probably come

But Adonis was recently promoted to sergeant, putting her on mandatory departmental probation. Because of those circumstances, any NYPD disciplinary action was required within 18 months of the incident, said a police spokesman.

 

[RPS37]

Holy shit. I was going to make the joke "...and they're black."

Sigh.

 

[DrForester]

On one hand. It's terrible that they guy who killed him got off.

On the other hand. I'm glad to see people getting character who had something to do with it. I think that the police system in the country works so hard to cover up crimes is even worse than the crimes being committed.

 

[Slayer-33]

makes sense, more actions will probably come

I can affirm that the NYPD are hardasses with shit like this. They seem to be doing some ass backward shit sometimes but it's all internal procedural bullshit.

I know why but can't say.. lol

 

[A Link to the Past]

I mean sure, I think anyone at the scene should be punished to some degree, but how about we punish the people who actively, directly responsible for the death?

 

[Trojita]

1. She wasn't the person on him that killed him

2. She was only ONE out of an unknown amount of supervisors on the scene.

3. No one is being charged for murder, apparently the charge for overseeing murder is "Failure to supervise". Like the kind charge you would get from a Project Manager for fucking up your department.