Chicago Cop gets 2 years probation??? WTF?

[JNT0421]

Beaten Bartender Says She Fears Retaliation

Karolina Obrycka Also Disappointed That Chicago Police Officer Anthony Abbate Never Apologized


The bartender who was brutally beaten by Chicago Police Officer Anthony abate now says she's afraid of retaliation by police.

On Tuesday, Cook County Criminal Court Judge John Fleming sentenced Abbate to two years probation and anger management classes. He also imposed a home curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and ordered Abbate to perform 130 hours of community service.

The bartender, Karolina Obrycka, had refused to serve Abbate any more drinks, when he came behind the bar and started brutally beating her as she lay helpless on the floor. Obrycka weighs 125 pounds, while Abbate weighs 250.

The attack was captured on the bar's video surveillance system, and the video was seen around the world.

 

[Fletch]

Par for the course.

 

[chubbs]

Thats some crap, we'd be locked up

 

[ABN82]

Tough guy beating up on a woman! He should have at least been sentenced to a week in a cell with no less then (3) 6' 4" 300lb aggressive homosexuals!

 

[kedie]

This is a load of BS. This POS beat the crap out of that poor woman.

 

[jennybird]

Scroll down just a bit to see the vid.

Anthony Abbate: Cop In Bartender Beating Appears In Court (VIDEO)

Only good thing is he appeared to be so drunk, many of his swings didn't hit home. 2yrs prob isn't enough.

 

[Dryden]

Quote from the article:
"He's not a bad man, he did something bad," Hickey said.

Translation: "Oh, ma babay. He neva done nuthin wrong. Dey jus want to arrest him cause he a cop"

Anyone ever hear THAT excuse before?
(Of course you have to change some demographics and supporting organizations, and chances of retaliation to the victim)

 

[42769vette]

Scroll down just a bit to see the vid.

Anthony Abbate: Cop In Bartender Beating Appears In Court (VIDEO)

Only good thing is he appeared to be so drunk, many of his swings didn't hit home. 2yrs prob isn't enough.

the guy just standing there watching should get some time aswell

 

[Dryden]

the guy just standing there watching should get some time as well

He wasn't just standing there, he was providing backup just in case that little lady got up and defended herself

 

[cosermann]

It would be interesting to see some research comparing the behavior of law enforcement officers in jurisdictions with vs. without "gun control". I'm guessing there would be a correlation.

 

[jontheturboguy]

Badge revoked, jail time, felony counts of attempted murder, and assault with deadly weapons.

 

[Fletch]

Badge revoked, jail time, felony counts of attempted murder, and assault with deadly weapons.

That's a nice fantasy.

 

[jedi]

Badge revoked, jail time, felony counts of attempted murder, and assault with deadly weapons.

Not in CHICAGO! Dream on. Also there as another article in the Chicago RedEye (local Chicago paer wth the following.

A chicago police officer avoided jail time Tuesday for pummeling a woman who was tending bar, eve though prosecutors prduced a previously unseen video showing him (the cop) beating someone else a the bar hours earlier.

Nice hu?

 

[hornadylnl]

He's lucky she wasn't my family member. Picture it. Baseball bat, blown knees, shattered teeth

 

[Dryden]

Picture it. Baseball bat, blown knees, shattered teeth

hornadylnl: Sorry, but once again I gotta do it.

It's gonna take a long time for you to heal up after that kind of beating.

 

[tskin]

It would be interesting to see some research comparing the behavior of law enforcement officers in jurisdictions with vs. without "gun control". I'm guessing there would be a correlation.

That's a good point. If something like that happened in Indiana, would you be justified in shooting him to keep him from harming her more? I'd think so - as you'd be stopping a "forcible felony." (Is that the term I'm looking for?)

 

[hornadylnl]

hornadylnl: Sorry, but once again I gotta do it.

It's gonna take a long time for you to heal up after that kind of beating.

Trust me, I'd have thelement of surprise and it sure wouldn't be fair.

 

[Agent 007]

Trust me, I'd have thelement of surprise and it sure wouldn't be fair.

Not if you OC your bat, you won't.

 

[Rob377]

That's a good point. If something like that happened in Indiana, would you be justified in shooting him to keep him from harming her more? I'd think so - as you'd be stopping a "forcible felony." (Is that the term I'm looking for?)

yup, sure looks like it.

IC 35-41-3-2
Use of force to protect person or property
Sec. 2. (a) A person is justified in using reasonable force against another person to protect the person or a third person from what the person reasonably believes to be the imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person:
(1) is justified in using deadly force; and
(2) does not have a duty to retreat;
if the person reasonably believes that that force is necessary to prevent serious bodily injury to the person or a third person or the commission of a forcible felony. No person in this state shall be placed in legal jeopardy of any kind whatsoever for protecting the person or a third person by reasonable means necessary.

I'd say that a 250lbs man beating on a 125lbs woman, striking her multiple times in the head, would create a reasonable belief that a serious bodily injury is about to happen. Simple battery is only a misdemeanor, but there's certainly a reasonable argument that this is aggravated battery, which is a Class B felony under IN law.
To that point, he was convicted of felony aggravated battery under IL law, so it seems pretty clearcut that one would be justified. That said, when it comes to cops, even drunken a**hole ones like this guy beating on a woman, I don't have much faith in the system that the law would be applied and I'd expect to be charged with something for stopping him.

The only reason this guy was even charged is because there is video. Even with it, he got off pretty light. If it weren't for that camera, I'd bet dollars to donuts that the girl would've been charged for assaulting him.

 

[Dryden]

Trust me, I'd have thelement of surprise and it sure wouldn't be fair.

Trust me, that's the only kind of fighting in my book.