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| NYPD Cracks Sadistic Gang Of Cop Impersonators [who prey on drug dealers] |
| 2008-05-07 |
| A sadistic gang of police impersonators abducted and tortured scores of East Coast cocaine traffickers, forcing them to hand over multimillion-dollar stashes by threatening to squeeze their testicles with pliers, authorities said Tuesday. An indictment unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charged eight men with robbery conspiracy, drug dealing and an array of other crimes. If it weren't for the drug dealing, I couldn't care less. Since the spring of 2003, the gang injured about 100 people while committing 100 holdups targeting large-scale traffickers in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Florida, investigators said. The take: more than 1,650 pounds of cocaine worth $20 million and $4 million in cash. The scheme "was breathtaking in the scope of its crimes and in the danger it posed to our communities," said U.S. Attorney Benton Campbell. The robbers, court papers said, "were particularly sophisticated in their tactics," often conducting surveillance on the drug dealers for weeks before arming themselves with handguns and making "a police-style car stop" in cars equipped with lights and sirens. Other times, the gang gained entry into victims' homes by identifying themselves as police officers, then holding entire families hostage at gunpoint for days on end. The victims were handcuffed, bound with duct tape and subjected to various means of torture during interrogations, including "simulated drowning through repeated submerging of victims' heads in water for extended periods of time," the court papers said. One victim told investigators that during a 2005 abduction, two of the defendants "applied a pair of pliers to the victim's testicles and threatened to squeeze the pliers if the victim did not talk," the papers added. Once the information was extracted, the bandits would retrieve large stashes of cocaine and resell it on the streets of New York. Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson described the crime spree as "a dangerous dance of alleged criminals preying upon alleged criminals, who themselves profited from the desperation of drug abusers." The defendants, all from the Dominican Republic, were ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty Tuesday in Brooklyn. If convicted, each faces a sentence of 40 years to life behind bars. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #5 "The victims were ... bound with duct tape and subjected to ...torture...including "simulated drowning through repeated submerging..." Where is the MSM outcry over THIS waterboarding???? |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-05-07 23:28 |
| #4 It's long been suggested that a team of SOCOM veterans could wipe out much of the organized crime trade in a major city in just a year or two. However, their methods would have to be "harsh". Their purpose would not be to arrest the drug dealers, but to kill them and their associates. In some cases on the spot, and in other cases, disappearances. Surprisingly, they might get away with a lot. In Phoenix, someone figured out that over 35 bodies had been recovered from a stretch of desert over a few years. However, the local news and police refused to look at it as other than individual and minor homicides. After a short time, such killings build a momentum in the criminal class that persuades many to look for greener pastures, or at least to go legit for a long time. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-05-07 23:03 |
| #3 So does that mean the NYPD will be selling the coke now? |
| Posted by: Crolusing tse Tung2778 2008-05-07 21:19 |
| #2 a group of civilians Nope. A rival gang who are the equals of the Jamaicans for sadistic violence. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-05-07 20:45 |
| #1 What I find so interesting is that a group of civilians were able to do what the cops apparently can't ... find drug dealers and get in their faces. Seems like most city 16 year-olds don't have any problems finding them either. That speaks LOADS about our police forces. Something else is up. Why are these drug dealers being allowed to operate in the first place? |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2008-05-07 19:56 |