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Remember that cop that beat the bartender? -
06-23-2009, 07:29 PM
Chica Cop Who Beat Bartender Gets Probation
Chicago Police Officer Anthony Abbate Gets Light Sentence For Beating Female Bartender
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Anthony Abbate enters the Cook County Criminal Courthouse on the morning of Tuesday, March 11. CBS
Chicago Police Officer Anthony Abbate was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes, after being convicted earlier this month of beating up a female bartender half his size.
Cook County Criminal Court Judge John Fleming sentenced Abbate on Tuesday. He also imposed a home curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and ordered Abbate to perform 130 hours of community service.
"No one in recent memory ... has done more to tarnish the reputation of the Chicago Police Department than Anthony Abbate," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney LuAnn Snow said Tuesday.
Prosecutors had asked for a prison term. But Fleming said he didn't see any aggravating factors to justify that.
"If I believed sentencing Anthony Abbate to prison would stop people from getting drunk and hitting people, I'd give him the maximum sentence," Fleming said.
Abbate acknowledged during the trial that he was drunk during the incident. But he said Obrycka pushed him first as she tried to remove him from behind the bar.
"He's not a bad man, he did something bad," said defense attorney Peter Hickey.
After the ensuing scandal, then-police Supt. Phil Cline suddenly announced his retirement, and Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed of current Supt. Jody Weis, who originally said fighting police misconduct would be a major part of his mission as superintendent.
In the attack, Abbate kicked and pummeled Obrycka as she lay helpless on the floor at Jesse's Shortstop Inn on the city's Northwest Side.
Obrycka had refused to serve Abbate any more drinks.
The surveillance videotape of the incident showed two of Abbate's friends at the bar, offering Obrycka her money for medical bills and lost wages if she agreed not to prosecute Abbate.
Abbate also planned to plant drugs in people's cars in the bar and charge patrons with drunken driving if Obrycka went forward with the case, attorneys for Obrycka said at the time. The judge ruled that he never showed his badge or said he was a cop, and therefore didn't abuse his position.
At trial, Abbate claimed that Obrycka had attacked him first and tossed him around "like a rag doll." But the argument did not sway the judge.
Abbate has been relieved of his duties and pay, Chicago Police Department spokesman Officer Robert Perez said.
The department is looking into "separation proceedings," Perez said. Weis has said he wants Abbate fired.
The Associated Press contributed to this reportgo cop Anthony Abbate sentenced to 2 years probation in videotaped bar beating
Re: Remember that cop that beat the bartender? -
06-23-2009, 07:32 PM
fix your life dude
The pope, the president, and the big rock star who's made a lot of money. All got one thing in common, they know it ain't no fun to get shot with a gun.
every man in that video... EVERYONE OF THEM... pieces of shits.
step in... seriously.
then gang pee in her butt.
sounds like the right answer to me...
but for real all them niggas are pussies..
what kind of dude just gonna watch some bitch
get stomped on by that grizzly adams lookin ass nigga...??
every man in that video... EVERYONE OF THEM... pieces of shits.
step in... seriously.
No joke. I don't give a shit how big dude is, or that hes a cop, someone still should've smashed a bottle or a glass over his head the second he threw her down and started punching her in the face.
Remember that cop that beat the bartender? -
06-23-2009, 07:29 PM
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