Caught on Video: Off-Duty Cop Beats Petite Female Bartender
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CHICAGO, IL -- A bar beating caught on tape lands a Chicago police officer behind bars. He is accused of throwing the punches -- brutally attacking the much-smaller bartender -- after she refused to serve him alcohol last month.
Anthony Abbate was clearly behaving badly even before he attacked the 25-year-old bartender. Security video shows the 38-year-old off-duty police officer throwing down the petite woman and beating her repeatedly.
"He came behind the bar and beat a sweet, 5-foot-3, 120 pound woman senseless by throwing her around like she was a sack of potatoes, kicking her, and punching her repeatedly when she was drunk," the victim's attorney Terry Ekl said.
Abbate appeared in court Wednesday to answer what were previously misdemeanor battery charges and are now felony charges, which involve the state's attorney's office.
"Those acts merit a felony charge," assistant state's attorney David Navarro said.
While the charges are against Abbate and not the city, an attorney who specializes in police misconduct and civil rights says the likelihood of the city having responsibility is very low.
"People would want to blame city -- a natural inclination because he's a Chicago officer. But, he's off duty, in a bar, not clothed as an officer, probably not seeking to arrest her. I'm assuming now, because I haven't heard the tape, because he's intoxicated," said civil rights attorney Blake Horowitz said..
"So all of those things are elements of somebody who's off-duty. And when they're off-duty, and they're not acting in what's called the 'scope of employment.' Within the scope of employment, the likelihood of having city responsible is very low,"
Abbate could face two to five years behind bars if convicted. Police say, in a statement, that he will likely be terminated after 12 years on the job.
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1 comment:
FUCK COPS!!! BUNCK OF POWER HUNGRY MOTHER FUCKERS!!! THEY ONLY RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE THEY CHOOSE. MORE PEOPLE NEED TO PUT THEM IN THEIR PLACE AND IF THAT MEANS KILLING THEM SO BE IT.
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