DA Hynes: Video Not Factor in Suspension of Charges
The Brooklyn District Attorney said he dropped the charges against a homeless man arrested after a beating from police officers because there was “no case” against him.
DA Charles Hynes dismissed the charges against 21-year-old Ehud Halevy “after review of all available evidence” on Monday following his arrest inside a Jewish community center in Brooklyn. He faced charges including assault, resisting arrest and trespassing.
“Once we determined that there was no trespass because the kid had permission to stay in the location, there was no case,” Hynes said on Tuesday.
He said the surveillance video that captured the incident in which two officers confront Halevy and appear to beat him “was not really relevant to the decision.”
“The relevance to the decision is whether or not the kid had permission – if he had permission as he did then there was no trespass, and if there was no trespass there’s no case,” he said.
The NYPD and district attorney’s office are investigating the two officers involved.
wanna buy a bridge?
Meanwhile, the kid was held for 4 days including Yom Tov while they “investigated.” A bunch of lying anti semitic cops. They knew he wasn’t trespassing. I hope he sues NYPD.
a really smart DA
what does permission to be on premesis have to do with beating a cop? Even if he didn’t have permission, it is obvious from the VIDEO that he didn’t beat the cop. And there could be a case when he does have permission to be there, and still beat the cop.
Seems like he dismissed everything because it wsa so blatant from the video that the police used excessive force.
DA Double Talk
That only answers why the DA dropped the trespass charge. It doesn’t address assault and resisting arrest.
confused in brooklyn
that makes no sense. am I missing something? trespass was just one of the charges, he was also charged with resisting arrest and assaulting an officer, so why did they dismiss those charges if not for the video?
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What Hynes is insinuating is that had Ehud not have had permission to stay there, the police brutality would be warranted. This statement should not pass without critique.
Stop Police Abuse
Will the video be a factor in the suspension of the Police Officers? How can a police officer bring false Charges claiming Ehud hit him? we clearly see otherwise in the video. They need to take this case all the way. Too often Police get away with abusing people.
Milhouse
#4 and #5, Resisting arrest is obviously irrelevant since there were no grounds to arrest him in the first place. As for assaulting a police officer, even without the video a jury might well find that he was just reacting out of confusion, having just woken up and not knowing what was happening, and there’s too high a chance that they’ll acquit, so there’s no point in prosecuting him.
CH Cynic
That is one heckuva sign. She probably spent a lot of time on it because she cares so much.
Benny
Guilty until proven innocent. Welcome to our tyrranical city.
@CH Cynic
Yeah, I agree. If she didn’t spend a significant amount of time, she clearly doesn’t really care! I mean, even though she put aside her own schedule and came out erev Shabbos to protest, she definitely has got to learn the value of a decent sign and how to care about others!