Lower Hudson Valley News: Yonkers cop charged with civil rights violation (includes surveillance video showing incident & photo of victim afterwards)

Lower Hudson Valley News: Yonkers cop indicted in videotaped beating

Lower Hudson Valley News: Tales of the tapes

7 On-Line: Cop indicted for body slamming woman (also has video)

Yonkers Police Officer Wayne Simoes has been indicted by a federal grand jury & charged with civil rights violations for allegedly body-slamming a woman face-first to the floor in a restaurant.

The incident occurred March 3, 2007. Apparently the local authorities are unable to police their own, hence the federal intervention.

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Irma Marquez was body-slammed to the floor and then misprosecuted for obstruction.

The NY Times has picked up the story: Officer Indicted for Injuring Yonkers Woman

Now that the case is getting some federal attention & will be beyond the control of the locals, some of the locals are covering their butts. The Westchester County district attorney has demoted the prosecutor who handled the case locally, saying that "he made a call on that case that was wrong and unacceptable.":

The victim, Irma Marquez, was acquitted by a jury this past spring.

The story has also made the FBI's top 10 list of stories for the week ending Aug. 22, 2008:

FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS YONKERS POLICE OFFICER FOR USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE AGAINST CIVILIAN

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Why would they bodyslam a woman, anyway?! Did someone not get their donut that day, or what? Too much testosterone there, and one easy target.