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Eric S. Raymond on taking sides

Eric S. Raymond has an interesting article up about the recent spate of violence in the U.S from police officers and directed at police officers. In The temptation to choose sides. He brings some clear sense to the case and puts one of the biggest problems in perspective for us. There are two sides being drawn up in the wake of all this, one side that shrieks “Death to cops” and the other side…

A court recently ruled against NYPD's attempt to cover-up their cover-up of an officer who ran over a pedestrian and had a horrible driving record.

[excerpt] The City argued that the information wasn't relevant to the case, and that it was subject to state privilege. After reviewing the documents herself, the judge disagreed, and ordered the City to produce them.

In light of the new evidence, Vaccaro submitted a letter last night detailing the family's intention to file an amended lawsuit that claims "certain NYPD supervisory personnel behaved in a negligent, reckless and/or deliberately indifferent manner with respect to the entrustment of an NYPD vehicle to Defendant Darren Ilardi," and that the City is liable for his actions.