Ex-Philadelphia Police Officer, Kevin Booker has retained the services of prominent Civil Rights Attorney, David Rudovsky. Booker will be filing a lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department and the officers involved who were later identified as Police Officer Dempsey #1577 and Police Officer Schmidt #9465 of the 35th Police District located at Broad and Champlost Street in the city’s Logan section.
Booker was the victim of poor policing and he says he was struck in the back of the head by Officer Dempsey after the two officers forced their way into his Logan home. The incident occurred after a pizza deliveryman called the Police because he was met curbside by two men who ordered cheesesteaks and a pizza. The men paid the Sorrento’s Pizza delivery driver with two counterfeit $10.00 bills. Ex-Cop Beaten & Cuffed in his home
Booker steadfastly denied ordering food. Without warrant or investigation, the officers then forcibly entered Booker’s home, placed him in handcuffs and according to Booker, Dempsey punched him in the back of his head. Officer Schmidt was going through his refrigerator and trash, looking for the fruits of the crime. Ironic, because these two probably never heard of that term, or they wouldn’t been engaging in this behavior.
In the event they found a refrigerator full of phony ten dollar bills, their tainted evidence would have been suppressed. And their assault of him inside his home would have also been problematic.
This isn’t the first time cops assaulted a citizen and then lied about it and arrested citizens who showed no resistance against the officer. The Philadelphia Police Department was catapulted into the global spotlight with Lt. Jonathan Josey punched a woman, Aida Guzman, while standing with an American flag at a parade. Guzman was later arrested and charged. The entire incident was captured on video. The charges against Guzman were dropped and Josey was arrested and later acquitted. Josey Falsely Charge and Punch Woman The District Attorney’s Office charged Josey with a singular simple assault charge, he never faced charges for the filing of a false police report and false arrest.
There is also the case of Officers Sean McKnight and Kevin Robinson who brutally beat Najee Rivera, 23, in May 2013. Rivera was arrested and charged with many charges including assault on police.
Rivera’s girlfriend, Dina Scannapieco, dutifully canvassed the neighborhood for surveillance footage, something the investigating detectives failed to accomplish. A nearby business captured the entire incident on film, which revealed the officers beat Rivera and there was never a threat. In their reports they alleged Rivera tried to take their batons.
The officers were arrested and charged. Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight vowing not to accept this kind of police brutality against the citizens of Philadelphia.
Rivera settled a lawsuit against the Philadelphia Police Department and City of Philadelphia for $200,000. Philly Cops Arrested For Brutal Beating
The District Attorney must be as diligent in the investigation of the allegations by retired Philadelphia Police Officer Kevin Booker. The trust of the public is essential in maintaining a safe city.
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What’s is the real story behind this incident for starters, two of the three cops involved in the fracas at the Recess Lounge at 125 Second St., were seen earlier in the night partying at another night club in Olde City, the Reserve Lounge on 724 Arch St. The cops, Officer Roland Butler and Sgt. Daniel Ayers, were off-duty at the time and drinking. And according to what two witnesses told investigators, both men appeared to be clearly intoxicated.
The off-duty officers were hard to miss. Ayers, known to clubbers as “Sgt. Dan,” is described as a frequent barfly. And Officer Butler is the size of an NFL tight end, at 6-foot-4, and at least 250 pounds.
McCoy showed up at both nightclubs with five male friends, identified as Chris Henderson, LeVar Burhanan, former Pitt running back Tamarcus Porter, Mikal Ellis, and Ryan Brim. McCoy’s party was accompanied by a pair of young women who were also known to the cops. McCoy’s side of the story is that when he stopped by the Reserve Lounge, he didn’t have a drink. He and his friends were going to a concert at the Sound Garden later that night.
At the Reserve Lounge, there apparently was no contact between the cops and McCoy and his friends. After McCoy and his entourage left to go to a concert, the young women stayed behind. When they left, they told the cops they were going to continue the party at the Recess Lounge, where they planned to meet up with McCoy and his friends.
The cops and the young women drove in two separate cars, but ran into a problem on their way to the Recess Lounge. When they turned off Market St. onto 2nd St., the road was blocked by a barricade and a police officer.
According to witnesses, Officer Ayres was driving. He got out of his car and flashed his badge at the cop manning the barricade. The officer on the street moved the barricade out of the way, allowing the cops to drive down Second Street. But the officer wouldn’t let the car with the two young women pass by. That’s when Officer Butler got out of his car, flashed his badge at the cop, and the two young women were allowed to drive down Second Street on their way to the Recess Lounge.
Expect defense lawyers in the case to suggest that both Sgt. Ayres and Officer Butler abused their badges when they both asked the cop on the street to move the barricade. And expect the defense lawyers to ask the cop manning the barricade whether Sgt. Ayres and Officer Butler were sober enough to be driving.
At the Recess Lounge, the two young women went in while the cops waited outside. When the two cops entered the club, they were joined by a third off-duty cop, Officer Darnell Jessie. McCoy and his friends were already there. It was between 1:45 and 2 a.m. The McCoy party was joined by as many as nine women, including the two young women who had been at the Reserve Lounge earlier that night.
The cops ordered four bottles of Moet & Chandon Rose Champagne priced at $350 each. Now, we know McCoy, who makes $8 million a year, can afford a bottle of champagne at that price. But the district attorney may wonder how three Philly cops who earn an average salary of some $70,000 a year can afford a $1,400 bar tab.
At McCoy’s table, he and his buddies had ordered two bottles of Moet & Chandon Rose Champagne, two bottles of Hennessy Cognac, and one bottle of Patron tequila.
A witness standing next to McCoy said that Christopher Henderson, one of McCoy’s pals, stepped on his foot by mistake. The witness told investigators that Henderson was respectful and apologetic. To the point where he began sharing his drinks with the witness.
Everybody was having a nice time when a waitress came over to McCoy’s table bearing a bottle of pink champagne and some sparklers. McCoy and friends were waiting for the sparklers to go out when Officer Butler showed up unannounced at their table.
Apparently, one of the four bottles of champagne that the cops had ordered was missing. It may have been deliberate; some witnesses say that Sgt. Ayers may have sent over a bottle of champagne to one of the young women at McCoy’s table, who may have been celebrating a birthday.
Officer Butler, however, seemed to believe that the waitress had mistakenly delivered a bottle of his pink champagne to the wrong table. Officer Butler then grabbed the bottle of pink champagne off McCoy’s table and started to leave. He got into an altercation over the bottle with McCoy’s friends.
Tamarcus Porter asked Butler, what are you doing, man, and the two had words. LeVar Burhanan tried to grab the bottle away from Butler. Butler told Burhanan words to the effect of, you touch that bottle and I’m gonna drop your ass. Burhanan, trying to calm things down, told Sgt. Ayres to come over and get his man. The sergeant showed up at McCoy’s table in an attempt to diffuse the situation. But Butler made a show of taking off his coat and puffing up his chest, witnesses said, before coming right at Porter, who at 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, was at a distinct disadvantage against the 6-foot-4, 250-pound Officer Butler.
Butler, according to witnesses, got in Porter’s face, grabbed him by the neck and body slammed him to the ground, where he proceeded to pin Porter. Witnesses described Butler on top of Porter, holding the former Pitt star by his dreadlocks. McCoy rushed over with his friends, fell, and then got up. In a video clip of the incident, McCoy appears to be throwing a punch that may have missed its target. McCoy’s story is he was attempting to pull Butler’s hands off Porter’s neck but was unsuccessful. A woman pulled McCoy back. Meanwhile, on the ground of the VIP lounge, Porter was able to hip toss Butler off of him.
A melee ensued. One of the men attacking Officer Butler had a bottle in his hand. Officer Butler wound up getting punched and stomped. Club bouncers rushed in.
It got ugly real fast was how one witness described it.
As McCoy was being led away from the melee, he felt someone shove him. He turned around and saw Sgt. Ayres standing beside another man. Sgt. Ayres got shoved. Then, a witness saw Sgt. Ayres reach for his firearm, a black 9 mm pistol. The witness told McCoy that Sgt. Ayres was a cop, and pulled McCoy away.
On the police side of the story, the gun presents another problem. According to a directive from the police commissioner, off-duty officers are not supposed to carry guns inside bars. Sgt. Dan may have some explaining to do.
The club bouncers evicted the three cops and Porter. A witness outside the club saw the bouncers throw Butler hard to the ground. Uniformed cops were standing within 15 feet but didn’t do anything. Butler was still protesting that he wanted to go after the guy with the dreads. McCoy came outside and told Sgt. Ayres to come get his man and take him away.
According to police procedures, after the fracas, Butler and his fellow off-duty officers should have called 911 and waited for on-duty police officers to arrive at the scene and conduct an investigation.
But what did Officer Butler do? He apparently drove past several Philadelphia hospitals on his way to checking himself in at Delaware County Memorial Hospital in Upper Darby, where he was treated for a laceration to his right eye, a broken nose, broken ribs and a sprained thumb.
Expect defense lawyers in the case to ask whether Officer Butler fled the scene and drove around in an attempt to sober up.
Officer Jesse was admitted to Hahnemann University Hospital where he received eight stitches over his left eye and treatment for a possible skull fracture. Sgt. Ayers was uninjured but filed a police report two days after the altercation.
McCoy was uninjured, and no bouncer bothered to evict him from the club. McCoy’s lawyer, Dennis Cogan, told the Buffalo News, “I’m telling you that McCoy did nothing wrong, nothing wrong. And he was sober. The questions will have to be asked about the conditions of the other people.”
Photographs were taken of McCoy’s hands right after the battle: they show he didn’t have bruises or any other sign of injury.
As for Officer Butler, at 4 a.m. Feb. 7th, hours after the fracas, he posted comments on his Facebook page that said that the guys who attacked him “can’t hide behind Shady.” Some 96 comments were posted on Butler’s page.
The next day, Officer Butler admitted to witnesses that he was drunk at the time of the altercation. He said he was going to see a civil lawyer. Subsequently, Butler’s Facebook page was taken down.
So we have a big drunken cop apparently starting the altercation by grabbing one of McCoy’s friends by the neck and body-slamming him to the ground. Butler is identified as one of the guilty parties by club bouncers who evict him, along with his two fellow plainclothes cops, and Porter. The bouncers let McCoy stay inside the club but he voluntarily goes outside to act as peacemaker, according to the witness outside the club. The lawyers in the case are left to fight over whether some of Officer Butler’s injuries were caused by the bouncers.
That’s the Shady side of the story. No wonder the district attorney may have reservations about the case.
The D.A.’s investigation may have to explore whether Officer Butler and Sgt. Ayres abused their authority by possibly driving while intoxicated, and asking a fellow officer to twice move a barrier on Second Street. The off-duty cops may have to explain why they didn’t call 911, and why Sgt. Ayres may have been packing a gun, in violation of the police commissioner’s directives.
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A Woman’s cries for justice after being sexually assaulted at work or was it all lies because she was a disgruntled employee.
Last month sources stated that a young woman accused Morrissville Police Chief George McClay of sexually assaulting her inside Atlantic tactical where she works at located on State Road in Philadelphia.
Sources stated she called 911 after the incident happen and made a Police report.
The young woman was taken to SVU headquarters to be interviewed by SVU detective about the incident. Sources say she told SVU detectives that Police Chief George McClay walked into the employee area without permission which is a restricted area to the Public employees only.
And was met with unwanted sexual advances by Police Chief George McClay.
The story does have surveillance video cameras with would have captured the Police Chief George McClay walking into the employee area without permission if her allegation are true.
Morrisville Police Chief George McClay was later interviewed by SVU Detectives at there headquarters about the allegations.
After his interview the case was sent to the DA’S Office which they declined to prosecute.
Police Chief George McClay however did talk with
Facebook Blogger/ Corruption watchdog investigator Andre Boyer
over the Phone about the allegation
and this is what Morrisville Police Chief McClay had to say. I have more than 30 years in Law Enforcement and allegation like this could ruin my career. You know what I’m taking about you were a cop at one time yourself. And know what allegation can do I stated to Police Chief McClay that’s only if the allegation are true. And not if your innocent and telling the truth. He replied that means nothing people don’t care about the truth I’m just going to let this blow over and go away.
because I don’t really want to have to sue anyone. Then went on to say he has no ideal why this young woman would make these crazy accusation about him and target him out of everyone in the store.
He further stated she was a disgruntle employee.
I asked him were did he get that information from he stated from someone that works there at
Atlantic tactical told him they were having problems with her not getting along with the other employees.
The DA’S Office refuse to give a statement or comment why they declined to prosecute which I was not surprised. And Safariland corporate office director would not comment about incident.
What makes this suspicious is there was no mention of the store video surveillance tape in the 49 nor was the video tape placed on a property receipt which should have confiscated for evidence.
The last l checked that’s proper Police procedure. However that doesn’t mean there’s no video tape of the incident.
That just means it wasn’t process right wouldn’t be the first time evidence wasn’t process right. Which brings us back to the question is she crying wolf or is she truly a victim. We may never know the truth until a civil Lawsuit is filed.
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