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In Buffalo, NY, a 28-year-old man, William C. Sager Jr., was beaten severely by a bar manager and two
off-duty cops in during the early morning hours of May 11. The off-duty cops were working outside security at Molly's Pub in Buffalo's University District. Sager was beaten so badly that he suffered severe brain damage and ended up in a coma in a Buffalo medical center. An Air Force Reservist, Sager not only was beaten, but was pushed down the stairs of this bar. The two officers were working their gigs illegally, since it's not permitted for policemen to work in bars in the State of New York, even on their own time.
The night of this attack, the bar manager, along with the cops, took surveillance tapes and threw them in a trash bin next door to Molly's. As
the 911 calls poured in, more police came, and they found the tapes. The
bar manager, Jeffrey Basil, was arrested on a first-degree felonious-assault charge and the cops were placed on paid administrative leave. An investigation into this case is ongoing by Buffalo police entities, and according to at least one report, the FBI is also involved.
Basil reportedly has a criminal past, including drug-related charges from 2003 in Cheektowaga, NY, involving criminal possession with intent to sell a controlled substance. Sager's family requested that the judge order Basil and two others associated with Molly's, Norman Habib and Michael V. Miranda, Jr., to preserve evidence such a video recordings. The state liquor license for Molly's had been issued to Habib as NHJB Inc.; Miranda is listed as the owner of the Main Street property where the bar is located. Members of the Basil family, who own car dealerships in Western New York, say they are not related to the suspect.
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* Two Dalton, Ga., police officers were suspended from duty for cursing at a bus filled with school children on Nov. 11, 2013. It all started after an emotionally distraught bus driver pulled over and told the children to quiet down or she would call the cops. Well, the bus driver called police and when they arrived, Officer John Gurrieri yelled at the children, cursing at them, and the entire incident was captured on video.
Officer John Gurrieri snapped at the kids, "You want to act like crazy
a**holes, do it at home!" and "Look at me like a f***ing man" and "You
think this is f***ing funny?"
Gurreri's partner, Steven Collins, swore at a child while off the bus.
Dalton Police Chief Jason Parker called the incident a "serious mistake of judgment." Parker said neither Collins, who's served on the Dalton Police Department for seven years, nor Gurrieri, a one-year rookie, have ever had a complaint filed against them before. Both were suspended without pay for two days, received written reprimands, and were required to do 40 hours of community-service work in support of local programs for youth. In addition, they're required to take training on verbal communication. This incident caused many locals to side with the two officers. A radio talk-show host generated some well-listened-to airtime defending Gurrieri and Collins. Many view the police as being right and the unruly middle-school students who could have caused the bus driver to have an accident because of their misbehavior as being the true culprits here. (See: http://archive.wtsp.com/news/watercooler/article/347308/58/Cops-suspended-for-cursing-at-kids-on-school-bus.)
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