@Blanky, I know what you mean. This is actually local to me as I live in Albany and frequent Saratoga very often. I with I could say that this type of thing is exceedingly rare but unfortunately in my surrounding areas (such as Colonie, Schenectady, Scotia, Amsterdam, Niskayuna, Latham, and yes... Albany and Saratoga) this untouchable mentality is almost common place. I was very pleased to hear he was quickly charged with harassment and official misconduct, as well as the witnessing officers pending possible charges for allowing the misconduct to continue.
Something that really does not get reported is that almost the whole upstate NY is fed up with the way we are routinely treated by our local police officers and this type of stand off is very common, with regular people not bending over for Nazi cops. Locally there is a focused and public effort by police departments attempting to improve their image due to a vast history of such things and I am glad to see this case not get swept under the rug like many before it.
I too agree that people who are in a position of authority, selected and elected to enforce law, code, to 'serve and protect' should be held to higher standards. Who really knows if the charges will stick, and even so what then? For now he has lost his job, but what about his pension? Benefits? Any officer of the law that deliberately and eagerly abuses an innocent person(s), as well as tramples on ones protected rights, should be held severely accountable.
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