An Idealistic Cop, a Forbidden Ticket and a Police Career on the Brink
www.nytimes.com
Mathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it.

The woman didn’t put up much of a fuss, Bianchi said. She didn’t have a courtesy card and she didn’t drop any names. Bianchi wrote her a ticket and sent her on her way.

Two days later, Bianchi was transferred out of the traffic unit and placed back on patrol. In a lawsuit he filed against New York City, he says that a supervisor told him that Jeffrey Maddrey, then the chief of patrol and now the department’s highest-ranking uniformed officer, requested that he be transferred. Maddrey, Bianchi was told, was friends with the woman he had stopped.

  • Seraph@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    It’s why the families of police aren’t worried with the current situation. They genuinely believe they are covered and above the law, the same as the actual officers themselves.

    The outrage over not being treated as special is just a sign of the times and the complete tone deafness of these people. “None of this is a problem unless it affects me directly.”