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Cop in the Hood


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Never mind "The Wire." Here is the real thing. --The Wall Street Journal

Cop in the Hood is an explosive insider’s story of what it is really like to be a police officer on the front lines of the war on drugs. Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos became a cop in Baltimore’s roughest neighborhood, the location for the HBO drama The Wire. He provides an unforgettable window into a world outsiders never see. Those who read it will never view the badge the same way.

April 5, 2009

No Justice

Officer Rafael Lora was trying to do his job. Now he has no job and is looking at prison. The story in the New York Times and the Post.

I wasn't there. But I believe the officer. Why? Because why else would have Lora shot the driver?

This is one case where even an NYPD officer should have trusted a Bronx jury.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is a quintessential example of the "backwards" logic of the NYPD. The sad fact is that "the job" has an amazing way of taking good cops and completely ruining them.

Ajlouny said...

It sounds like he shot on impulse. He really didn't have any proof that there was a deadly weapon in the glove box.

PCM said...

By the time you have proof, it's often too late. He did what he thought he had to do to stay alive.

Mistake? Yes. Criminal? No. But being wrong is different than committing a crime.

Anonymous, why do you blame the NYPD for this? What did they do in this case?