New York City has settled a nuisance suit by a machete wielding maniac who attacked cops for $5000. Ruhim Ullah attacked cops with a machete in 2010. He was shot in the leg and subdued by other officers but filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit that he was sure to lose. Rather than fight this suit the city paid him off. There were a ton of witnesses and he plead guilty to menacing in an obvious plea bargain.
So it is just another added inducement for attacks on the police and the general order. De Blasio has quickly settled several suits in favor of "progressive" elements which have cost the city multi millions of dollars. The New York Post notes: 'City lawyers signed off on a $98 million settlement last March over a longstanding class-action discrimination case brought by minority FDNY applicants over unfair hiring practices. The de Blasio administration also settled the notorious Central Park Five case for $41 million last September. De Blasio also ponied up $18 million in taxpayer cash to protesters who sued the city after being arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention."
Comrade Bill de Blasio. Redistributing wealth one criminal at a time.
3 comments:
I understand the frustration, but settling a case like that for 5k nowadays is a good deal for the taxpayers.
The other settlements sound crazy.
It'd be a bargain if it were a one-off, but it's not so cheap if you view it as a new policy under which Mohammedans are paid $5,000 for wielding machetes at cops.
Probably an additional $5K when a scimitar is used instead of a machete. Authenticity points.
$18 million for arrested protesters in 2004. What the Hell?!
I hope that includes attorney fees!
Post a Comment