Interesting
From McClatchy in DC: New NY Attorney General wants to prosecute police who kill unarmed civilians
Washington — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman asked Gov. Mario [sic should be Andrew as Mario is the former governor and father of Andrew] Cuomo on Monday to let his office investigate and prosecute cases in which police officers kill unarmed civilians.
In a letter to Cuomo, Schneiderman says the move would help address a “crisis of confidence” in the judicial system following the grand jury decision not to prosecute New York City police officers in the recent chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Schneiderman needs the approval of Andrew Cuomo to take over local cases, but he makes a very persuasive argument about the conflict of interest involved in the prosecution of local police officers by local prosecutors.
I hope that Cuomo has the intelligence to understand that letting Schneiderman do it is a winner politically for him. Even if cops aren’t convicted, Cuomo can say that he did everything he could in the furtherance of justice for the victims.
December 9, 2014 Comments Off on Interesting
