Chicago cop beats the crap out of female bartender

[eSDee]

warning- disturbing.


Chicago -- This wasn't any barfight caught on tape. An angry man pummels a much smaller female bartender. As it turns out, he's a Chicago police officer and late Tuesday night he was taken into custory. Craig Wall has the complete details on this exclusive story

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=2725581&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1

I still can't believe people just stand by when innocent people are being pummelled. I understand the fear factor but do something! Throw a bottle at the guys head and then run if you have to! :mad:

[johnnymk]

What a monster!! This guy better spend a long time behind bars.

[MikeD]

Again, I say...

Death penalty.

Maybe people would think twice before pulling crap like that. :2far:

[Nija]

She was asking for it, look at what she was wearing.

[Sirrich3]

Can't wait to find out the outcome of this one...

[ialsohaveadream]

In his defense, he asked her for a Jack and Coke, and she gave him a cosmo.

[eSDee]

Again, I say...

Death penalty.

Maybe people would think twice before pulling crap like that. :2far:

Let's just hope the lady is ok after that beating. He's lucky he didn't kill her.

Douchebag!

[Markel]

warning- disturbing.
I still can't believe people just stand by when innocent people are being pummelled. I understand the fear factor but do something! Throw a bottle at the guys head and then run if you have to! :mad:
It did seem like the others were a bit slow to act. The guy on the left looks like he is trying to call the cops on his cell phone. Then two guys manage to get behind the bar about the time the thug stops beating the woman (perhaps the two of them together was enough to scare him off).

[Burzhui]

he should be beaten a-la thailand punji stick style

[Napoleon54]

It did seem like the others were a bit slow to act. The guy on the left looks like he is trying to call the cops on his cell phone. Then two guys manage to get behind the bar about the time the thug stops beating the woman (perhaps the two of them together was enough to scare him off).

:agree:

No way would I have stood by and watched that for a second. I don't care if he would've kicked my ass along side of hers but I would've been in between them regardless.

[Napoleon54]

This speaks for itself, no comment necessary from me. :angry:



Cline takes on thug cops
Six stripped of police powers in 2nd bar beating

March 28, 2007
BY ANNIE SWEENEY Crime Reporter

Anthony Abbate should have walked in and out of a Cook County courthouse like any other accused criminal Tuesday morning, Chicago Police Supt. Phil Cline said.

Instead, the burly Chicago cop, who is accused of pummeling a petite female bartender during a drunken rage, was shielded from the media by on-duty Grand Central District officers, who apparently were acting on the orders of their captain when they used police vehicles to hide Abbate as he left the Northwest Side courthouse.

By evening, an angry Cline announced he was demoting the captain and investigating other allegations against police officers, including that they ticketed the cars of reporters trying to cover Abbate's hearing and threatened them with arrest.

Cline's comments came on the day he had planned to announce a new policy that will allow the department to move faster against rogue cops. The policy was in response to Abbate's case and an unrelated incident in which off-duty Chicago cops allegedly beat four patrons at a West Loop bar on Dec. 15. Both incidents were caught on security video, although only Abbate's has been made public.

Rather than simply announce the new procedure Tuesday, Cline and his staff were forced to answer questions about why their officers were protecting Abbate.

The captain, a 24-year veteran, ordered at least four squad cars to block off a parking lot at the courthouse, which is housed at the district station, and an adjacent private lot to try to "control" the media, officials said.

Somebody in authority also apparently allowed Abbate to slip out a rear entrance, avoiding cameras and reporters.

Cline said he was stunned by the special treatment, saying of Abbate: "He's tarnished our image worse than anybody else in the history of the department."

Abbate has been stripped of his police powers, and the department is moving to fire him because of the Feb. 19 beating, video images of which were replayed around the world.

Cline also said six officers allegedly involved in the second beating have been stripped of their police powers -- which Cline said should have happened weeks ago.

When the department was alerted to the beating -- which occurred at the Jefferson Tap & Grille -- investigators with the department's Office of Professional Standards viewed the video within five days. The video reportedly shows an off-duty sergeant waving away on-duty officers who responded to 911 calls. Prosecutors saw the video by the end of the month, Cline said.

The officers were reassigned pending the criminal investigation, Cline said.

"In hindsight, this incident should have been handled differently," Cline said. "These officers should have been stripped of their police powers sooner. The incident has made me realize we need to tighten up our ps to ensure that officers who participate in this type of behavior do not remain on the street."

Under his new policy, police brass will meet with Cook County prosecutors within 48 hours of an officer being accused of serious criminal behavior. If prosecutors believe there is a strong case against the officers, they will be immediately stripped of their police powers, Cline said.

A grim-faced Cline, who addressed the beatings with his full command staff standing behind him, said the changes are going to make the force stronger.

But he couldn't deny the damage already done to the public trust.

"The past two weeks have been disheartening and embarrassing for me, personally and professionally," Cline said. "It is especially demoralizing for the 13,600 who serve this department honorably everyday. . . . They, too, are sickened and embarrassed."

Linkness (http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/316138,CST-NWS-abbate28.article)

[ohukuo]

After watching the video, it shows how nice those people around the Bar. She was repeated getting hit in the head and getting kicked. They saw a defenseless woman getting beat and didn't do anything about it. :puke:

I don't agree with death penalty but life in prison seems more reasonable.

[DarkFury]

Dayuuum.... where is that "sword guy" (http://www.gotapex.com/off-topic/150740-porn-dvd-screams-prompt-sword-rescue.html?) when you need him? :shrug: :heh:

[Yossarian]

i've done it before and i'll do it again, i saw a guy on the street do that to a girl and when the cops arrived, he(there were four of us totatl, three more joined after i got to him first) and he had broken finger, arm, ribs, nose, and last i heard, she was still in and out of a coma because he bashed her head off the sidewalk three-four times before i got him.

i in no way think women inferiour, but i was raised that you DO NOT hit them, in any circumstance. this guy was somewhere around 6 foot, she was barely 5. i still go into a rage when i see/hear stuff like this. i'm sorry but you DON'T hit a woman.

[DarkFury]

i still go into a rage when i see/hear stuff like this. i'm sorry but you DON'T hit a woman.
:agree:

Unless.... she has a deadly weapon (gun, knife, etc...) with intentions of using them to your detriment.

If that is the case... all bets are off. Knock her @ss out ASAP!

[Markel]

Looks like this scandal and surrounding issues (like police trying to block reporters from the hearings of the thug-cop) has led to the resignation of the Chicago police superintendent.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/02/national/main2638110.shtml

[eSDee]

More justice. The fat f$%k is getting more charges added:


Officer faces new charges in bartender beating

He was off duty when incident with 115-pound female bartender occurred

CHICAGO - Prosecutors announced 14 additional felony charges Friday against a Chicago police officer whose videotaped beating of a female bartender made international headlines.

Anthony Abbate, a 12-year department veteran, was charged with seven counts of official misconduct, one count of communicating with a witness, three counts of intimidation and three counts of conspiracy, Cook County State's Attorney's office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said.

Abbate, 38, still faces an earlier felony charge of aggravated battery. He is to be arraigned on the new charges May 16.

The charges stem from a Feb. 19 beating at the Short Stop Inn, a tavern on the city's northwest side, after the 115-pound bartender refused to serve a 250-pound man any more drinks.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18353909/