Camera catches officer beating woman bartender half his size...

[Winchester]

Watch the video on the left. This dude deserves some prison time. What gets me is no one chimed in to stop him. The girl/woman sure as heck didnt stay down though. Good for her. I cant believe someone would think they could do this to a woman.

Linky

An off-duty police officer in street clothes was caught on video by a bar surveillance camera beating up a female bartender half his size, authorities said.

Anthony Abbate, a 12-year veteran of the Chicago force, was charged with aggravated battery and placed on leave pending an internal investigation in the attack Feb. 19 as several bystanders watched, department spokeswoman Monique Bond said Wednesday. She said Abbate is expected to be fired.

The video from Jessie's Short Stop Inn Tavern, shown on television around the nation, shows the 250-pound Abbate shouting at the 115-pound bartender, then walking behind the bar and punching, kicking and throwing her to the ground.

The woman, whose name authorities haven't released, suffered bruises to her head, neck, back and lower body. Her attorney, Terry Ekl, did not immediately return a call Wednesday. He told WFLD-TV that the attack began after the bartender refused to serve Abbate.

Prosecutors say the bartender tried to stop him from attacking another patron. Abbate chased the patron behind the bar, at one point wielding a chair, according to Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office.

Abbate, 38, was arrested Tuesday night at his home. Bond said authorities were notified of the incident on Feb. 21 but were unable to locate Abbate until mid-March.

He was held on $70,000 bond Wednesday. Abbate's lawyer, William Fahey, did not return calls seeking comment. He told the Chicago Tribune that his client had completed a substance abuse treatment program and had never been disciplined since joining the police department in 1994.

 

[Linflas]

I saw that on the news last night and I have to give that woman credit for toughness. When he was finally pulled off of her she jumped right up and appeared to be letting him have it verbally.

 

[fallenangel99]

Can't wait for this guy to go to prison. He sure is going to have fun in there.

 

[sixone]

If there was a camera up and recording, there have obviously been problems in this bar in the past. You have to wonder whether this guy was a regular problem.

 

[jfall]

love how everyone just walks away

 

[mercanucaribe]

Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

 

[krunchykrome]

I saw that yesterday on the news. Just disgusting.

 

[Phokus]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

Seriously. "HURRR, YOU SHOULD DO EVERYTHING THE COPS TELL YOU AT ALL TIMES HURRRR"

 

[imported_Ned Flanders]

You have to wonder why no one helped.

 

[Amused]

Loss of job, loss of pension and serious prison time for that asshole.

Unfortunately, bad cops get protective custody in prison.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

No one who defended the cop with the skateboarder is going to defend this cop... as much as you'd like to think so. :roll:

 

[DaShen]

dirty cops suck

*EDIT*
I just saw the video. No person, no matter how drunk they are should ever pick on a woman like that. The guy deserves to have the snot beat out of him in prison where everyone should know he was a cop that beat up a girl half his size. :|

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

He was out of uniform and off duty...so you may be waiting for a long, long while

But don't let that discourage you :thumbsup:

 

[imported_bum]

Who was that guy that just walked away? And the guys at the end didn't really even do anything, either, they looked scared to touch the guy. Tough chick though, and she looked cute, too .

 

[Winchester]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

He was out of uniform and off duty...so you may be waiting for a long, long while

But don't let that discourage you :thumbsup:

Where I live the cop is always on duty in or out of uniform. They have a take home car program so they are expected to be on alert/call at all times and respond to calls.

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: Amused
Loss of job, loss of pension and serious prison time for that asshole.

Unfortunately, bad cops get protective custody in prison.

Rapists, pedophiles and cops: the three most hated/passed around people in prison by the gen-pop.

 

[Jeff7]

Jesus, someone should have taken a barstool and broken it over the guy's head. I'm surprised she wasn't knocked unconscious by some of those hits, they looked pretty forceful.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Ned Flanders
You have to wonder why no one helped.

that's what i'm wondering. although it does appear one guy is on the phone maybe calling for help?

As for Anthony Abbate, definitely not one of Chicago's finest. :|

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Waiting for the idiots to start posting that she shouldn't have pissed off a cop

are you kidding me?!?!?

 

[j00fek]

saw it on digg last night, glad to know these are the pigs that serv us

 

[irishScott]

in the attack Feb. 19 as several bystanders watched

God people have no balls. Kick him in the groin be done with it.

However, it also says the bartender tried. He got chased out of the bar by a chair-wielding cop.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: j00fek
saw it on digg last night, glad to know these are the pigs that serv us

"these"? i only saw *one* of them in the video.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: j00fek
saw it on digg last night, glad to know these are the pigs that serv us

this forum is so great. every cop is a power hungry, power abusing jerk. :roll:

 

[CraKaJaX]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
Jesus, someone should have taken a barstool and broken it over the guy's head. I'm surprised she wasn't knocked unconscious by some of those hits, they looked pretty forceful.

That's what I was thinking. It looked like he was either kneeing her or kicking her at one pont.

 

[waggy]

been all over the news here.

thats what happens when you piss off a cop*!











* a drunk stupid cop that is.