China Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Five days, no charges: Stray bullet victim held 'captive' when cops don’t believe her story A stray-bullet victim says she was held prisoner for five days at a Brooklyn police station because detectives didn't believe her story about the shooting, the Daily News has learned. Takesha Griffin, 35, said she was handcuffed to a bench in the squad room or locked in a filthy holding cell at the 73rd Precinct stationhouse during a spirit-shattering stretch last month. Cops asked her repeatedly if she was ready to cough up the real story. "They wanted me to lie," said Griffin, whose lawyer filed a notice of claim on Tuesday. "It was like 'The Twilight Zone.' " During her lengthy confinement, Griffin said she urinated on herself when no one was available to escort her to the bathroom. She was also denied a sanitary napkin. The single mother of a 9-year-old boy said she was given a McDonald's hamburger each day and ridiculed when she complained about the food. One cop sarcastically pointed out that she could order salmon or lasagna from a menu posted on the squad room wall. "Who treats people this way?" Griffin wondered. "It's inhumane." On her second day in the Brownsville stationhouse, cops continued to give her grief, she said. "A police officer saw me still sitting there and said, 'Did your story change yet? I guess you like it here,' " she said. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Califan007 The Constipated Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Jeebus :doh:...cops who feel in their "gut" that something else is going on and abuse their power because of it. I've been a victim of that, though thankfully not to the extreme this woman had to ordeal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 She should consider herself lucky we haven't made the move to labor camps yet. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DM72 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Unreal. Talk about an abuse of power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 So first they are planting evidence and now they are holding victims in a cage until they testify exactly as they are told. I wonder how many innocent people have been locked up by these heroes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebluefood Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nice abuse of power, copper. Feel like a big man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rictus58 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 She should have lawyered up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chachie Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 They arrested her on a warrant for failure to appear in 2009. It turned out she did answer that original summons and there should not have even been a warrant. (Sigh.) :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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