Ex-cop details NYPD ‘collar quotas’ — arrest black and Hispanic men, ‘no cuffs on soft targets’ of Jews, Asians, whites: court docs

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[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Here you go:

The rules of “collars for dollars” at NYPD Transit District 34 were clear.

Cops who arrested black men were rewarded with more overtime, a now-retired officer, Pierre Maximilien writes in an explosive declaration filed Monday in a discrimination lawsuit brought by Sgt. Edwin Raymond and three other cops.

The declaration is one of the latest developments in a long-running case brought by black and Hispanic cops who charge they were forced to arrest more blacks and Hispanics than other groups. They were treated harshly and denied promotions if they refused, the lawsuit alleges.

Asian, Jewish and white people — known as “soft targets” — were not to be slapped in cuffs. All cops in that district were to fill a collar quota, but black and Hispanic officers who didn’t meet expectations were treated more harshly by then-Commanding Officer Constantin Tsachas, Maximilien writes.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sounds like Jussie Maximilien liked to go soft on the brothers.

[–]Nemacolin[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I do not understand what you are trying to say.

[–]DffrntDrmmr 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Jussie" refers to Jussie Smollet.

This story reeks of bullshit. To accept the accuser's accusations of outright racism would strain the bounds of credibility. Even the accuser, Pierre Maximilien, who is black, admits the "arrest quotas" are actually productivity indicators, goals, activity, expectations, conditions and performance goals standard in that job.

I'm also pretty sure cops weren't sent out to specifically target innocents because of their race, as he charges. Apparently Maximilien did not like to arrest "male blacks." The FBI's Uniform Crime Report reveals that black males commit serious crime at a rate eight-times that of other offenders, and a policeman's job is to effectively reduce crime.

It makes sense that officers are told to not handcuff "soft targets" but I seriously doubt they were told to exclude "Asians, Jews and white people" specifically as he alleges. I'm also confident cops were not rewarded with more overtime if they targeted black men, as he says. His claims are characteristic of someone with a victim-complex .

The target of Maximilien's ire, then-Commanding Officer Constantin Tsachas, is still on the job and was promoted to deputy inspector in 2016.

The city’s Law Department said Maximilien’s allegations had no merit.

“The information presented by plaintiffs changes nothing. The NYPD investigated the allegations in Officer Maximilien’s declaration and found them to be meritless. The judge ruled that the city’s production of email evidence was sufficient, despite what plaintiffs now claim. We’ll continue to defend against these baseless allegations,” said law department spokesman Nicholas Paolucci.

Like I said, the impression I get is Maximilien liked to go soft on his brothers and resented being told to do his job properly.