Cop pleads not guilty to taped bartender beating

Cop pleads not guilty to taped bartender beating

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A police officer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to beating a female bartender, and to threatening to arrest bar employees in a failed attempt to suppress a video of the attack that has been viewed around the world.

In a brief hearing, Anthony Abbate's attorney entered not guilty pleas to all 15 felony counts of aggravated battery, official misconduct, intimidation, conspiracy and communicating with a witness.

"He's pleading not guilty because he is not guilty," Peter Hickey said.

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You might remember a month or two ago, seeing a clip on the news in which a helpless woman was pummled at a bar for refusing to serve an off-duty cop more drinks.

What has just transpired shows the backwards nature of our judicial system...mind you if a known murderer can get off scott free for telling police where he hid his sons body, then anything is possible.

So the cop who was videotaped has just had charges brought against him in court and proceeded to plead not guilty to all 15 charges. Now call me crazy, but it seems as though, once you are videotaped committing the criminal act, that you should go to court and just accept punishment.

Now we have to go through this massive charade and waste taxpayers money, only to end up where we should have started off, the cop being found guilty and getting his fair punishment.

How much more of this insanity can this country produce?



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[edit on 5/16/07 by Don Wahn]

Does no one else see the irony in this?

Guy beats life out of woman on tape and then pleads not guilty. How much more innane can this be.

Ill bet if Jack Ruby could have, he would have plead Not Guilty to shooting Oswald, eventhough it was caught on camera.

Only in America...