Professor and Center on Race, Law and Justice Director, Bennett Capers shares his expert opinion on the alleged assault against a Suffolk County police vehicle with Newsday.
Surveillance video that captured the start of a stolen car chase contradicts an officer’s sworn accusation that the alleged thief intentionally rammed a Suffolk County Police Department vehicle while trying to flee, criminal law experts told Newsday.
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“There’s certainly more than enough probable cause to believe the officer deliberately lied in his statement,” said Bennett Capers, who served as a prosecutor for 10 years in the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office and now leads the Fordham University Law School Center on Race, Law and Justice.
“Beyond the issue of internal discipline, one question that has to be asked is whether the district attorney’s office is exploring false statement charges against the officer and if not, why not.”