AP Source Alleges Corruption: High-Ranking NYC Politicians Had Traffic Tickets Fixed
- Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:05am by
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NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with a probe at the New York Police Department tells The Associated Press several high-ranking city government officials are among those who’ve had their traffic tickets fixed.
The person didn’t name the officials Thursday or say how many were involved. The person also confirms a report a New York Yankees executive had a ticket fixed.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the case is the subject of a secret grand jury probe.
Law enforcement officials say up to 40 police officers are being eyed for possible misconduct and criminal charges in the Bronx and scores more could be disciplined administratively. The criminal cases could be brought by July.
Union officials say undoing paperwork on traffic citations before they reach court as a favor isn’t criminal.
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Comments (48)
Bob Knows
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 3:53pmHello? NYPD was created by Tammany Hall. Corruption and enforcement of corrupt “Progressive” domination is the purpose of their existence. Nobody with half a brain thinks they were ever supposed to protect anyone of us regular people. Thats just nuts.
Report Post »Sinista MACE
Posted on April 24, 2011 at 1:05pmThank you.
Report Post »Realist
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 12:14pmif anyone actually beleives that elected officials do not get tickets as well as some much higher infractions fixed they are delusional.
Report Post »Navyveteran
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 11:54amAnd this is news how? Hell we had a senator for over 40 years that killed a woman in his car. Now we have a socialist if not a communist that hates America as a president. No news here move along.
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:52amThis just shows how corrupt our system is. Almost as bad as Charlie Sheen getting a police escort in Washington DC to get him to his show on time, doing 80 miles an hour. Nothing surprises me anymore.
Report Post »LukeAppling
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:10amYears ago, in Chicago, I was driving in an area where I was unfamiliar at 11:30 A.M. and came upon the street where my destination was located and turned left with the light . I was looking for the address of the destination when I saw a flashing blue light , the dreaded police. I pulled over and asked the policeman what was wrong, he said you turned left on a no-turn street.
Report Post »I asked where the sign or light was located that told me this was a no-turn street, he said on that post, as he pointed. I took the ticket and went back to my job. Someone with whom I worked lived in the city and when I told him my story he laughed “he was looking for lunch money”. Bribing police is not new it is simply wrong and I was to naive to do anything but pay the fine. Live and learn.
NOBALONEY
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:02amLet the finger pointing and accusations begin!
Report Post »threecats407
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 10:02amSo this is news?
Report Post »hempstead1944
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:47amTrouble is they had to get the tickets “fixed” in Chicago !
Report Post »supertas
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:58amAw geez, there goes their stellar reputation.
Report Post »loveoursoldiers
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 8:29amtoo bad we don’t have names of those who got theirs fixed.. could they be conservative pols? wondering
not that it makes a difference but if they are it exposes more partisan power politics.. I hope they are from both parties but given the thugs in charge of the ‘injustice dept’ I would be suspicious they might belong to a class of people the WH wants to screw.. like… white males.. Christians.. Jews.. conservsatives.. etc
ps
Report Post »maybe the AP should be reporting on the corruption in DC.. just sayin’
Watcher1952
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:49amThe key word here is UNION….amazing isn’t it…..What ever twist they decide to put on it should be accepted by all of us….Favor..not criminal…..These unions shoud be disbanded
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:27amO.K., I am not defending the cops here, but why is it that THEY are the ones being looked at. If your bosses boss shows up at your work and asks you to do something that really isn’t right, but it is done all the time, what would you do? What really bothers me is that people who were involved in writing the laws in the first place break it, then ask to be excluded from the fine when they don’t follow the law that they helped create. This kind of reminds me Obamacare, you know, excluding people from the law that were a force in getting it passed in the first place.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:09amoh coarse this happens the unions help thier biddies ALL the time
Report Post »wolverine
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:42amIf global warming lives up to its reputation would someone explain the downside of NYC being under 50 ft. of water
Report Post »fixer
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:42amthis is news?
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:41amArticle says “U.S. could lose its AAA rating by 2013 if budget deal isn’t reached!” Hey, guys, we have ALREADY LOST OUR AAA RATING! It just hasn’t been commemorated in writing, yet! It’s going to be a bit of an effort to get it back! Let’s start by posiitioning our Corporate income tax to the lowest 10% in the World! Let’s get our spending in line with revenue collections. Let’s get our work-ethic back! Let’s reward achievement, rather than wished for self esteem! etc., etc.
Report Post »streetrodder
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:40amThe person should name the high ranking government officials.
Report Post »Salamander
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:34amIf I were UPS, I’d be LIVID!!! (You have to have lived in New York to appreciate this remark!)
Report Post »Bengal68
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:20am“Union officials say undoing paperwork on traffic citations before they reach court as a favor isn’t criminal.”
There you go. Union bul$%$^ again. and we wonder why the country is in the crapper.
Report Post »waicool
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 5:40amduh, they are part of the “family”
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 4:46amCorruption in the government and nobody cares?
Corruption in the government and nobody is punished?
Corruption in the government and nobody looks in to it?
Shocking.
Report Post »Hiswill
Posted on April 23, 2011 at 9:01amThat’s the truth!
Report Post »Vet with Vendetta
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 4:18amThat’s too bad, but unfortunately few are surprised.
Report Post »teddrunk
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 3:44amNY cops are just politically connected union goons…Shocking!
Report Post »ourrightsourfreedom
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 3:29amThese union officials are just out of their freakin’ mind. Well then what is criminal to you morons?
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:17amso whats new
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:19amcriminal charges in the Bronx and scores more could be disciplined administratively. The criminal cases could be brought by July.
Report Post »—————-
aaaaaaannnnnd…what about the
several high-ranking city government officials who’ve had their traffic tickets fixed??
What happens to them ?
thepatriotdave
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:23amcheezwhiz
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:19am
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They get a raise!
Take the “best choice for POTUS” Poll…
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RepubliCorp
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:27amHard to believe………
Report Post »marine249
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:31amCHEEZWHIP
thats what I ment whats new about gov. officials and corruption in N.Y.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:33amCan I interest you all in a mucho grande crime ?
Report Post »http://www.mercurynews.com/crime-courts/ci_17900444
This is just one of the many thousands , this one just got caught
Whirling Dervish
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:45am“undoing paperwork on traffic citations before they reach court as a favor isn’t criminal”
Corruption is criminal.
Looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck…. my goodness who would have guessed it is a duck.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 2:55amThis is business as usual, we had the dingbat state legislator member here in Az a few weeks ago who claimed, or tried to claim, legislative immunity in a incident between him and his girlfriend. At the least, the states Republican party did take action against him relatively quick.
Yet still, nothing new.
Report Post »Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 4:44amWe are being taken over by a group of people that have the end of America as we know it in mind.
We are under attack from within.
I personally do not give a damn what Lady Gaga had to say today
I personally do not give a damn what Justin Bieber had for lunch.
I do not care about stuff that DIVIDES this country – like calling one side or the other different or special
What I do care about is what the HELL are we doing about a FEDERAL RESERVE robbing me blind by devaluing my savings by creating inflation designed to weaken the economy so that we have to depend on the Government for our every need.
Get some stories that BUILD our base through COMMON ACTION and COMMON IDEAS.
USE the power that you have for GOOD and stop waving distractions that weaken our focus.
- I’m just saying.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:07amMore union BS. If these cops are so corrupt, can they really serve and protect?
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avenger
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:30amdo not forget the hookers…
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 6:51amWobder what happens in Chicago?
Report Post »BIGJAYINPA
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:28amI am shocked to discover that there is corruption in New York City!!! Next you‘ll be telling me there is gambling at Rick’s Cafe American!!!!!
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 7:29amWhat‘s new is we the people have had it with the do as I say that law doesn’t apply to me political game. And every cop who is involved should be fired and lose their pensions. And the politician envolved should be brought up on criminal charges for abuse of power and failure to up hold the oath they took upon going into office. They should be require to repay every dollars paid to them for their service as a politician.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 9:38am“There Special” Psst. “here’s a couple of tickets, we’ll cancel them at the game” yea an even trade!!!
Report Post »txn4justice
Posted on April 22, 2011 at 4:31pmyeah, nothing new, nothing to see. move along…folks……break it up
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