October 31, 2008
NY Cop May Cooperate In Sodomy Case Against Four Officers
The Brooklyn police officer who witnessed the subway platform confrontation between a 24-year-old man and four other cops accused of sodomizing him with a police radio is considering cooperating with authorities, according to sources briefed on the investigation. It was not clear what the officer could lend to the grand jury investigation, but sources briefed on the matter say the officer's potential testimony at the very least may bolster Michael Mineo's claim that he was beaten up. Mineo was confronted outside the station for smoking marijuana, then ran off and resisted arrest when police caught him inside the station. A tattoo parlor employee from Brooklyn, Mineo said he was beaten, then pinned to the ground, with one cop pressing his knee against Mineo's neck and another, identified by police sources as Officer Alex Cruz, violating him with a police radio.Click Here For The Full Story......
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Brooklyn DA Meets With Alleged Cop Brutality Victim
The man who was allegedly sodomized by four police officers met briefly with the Brooklyn district attorney Thursday. Michael Mineo went to court to talk to investigators, but his attorneys said he became ill and had to leave. Mineo says officers beat and sodomized him with a police radio antenna at the Prospect Park subway station on October 15.