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James Blake agrees not to sue NYC in exchange for fellowship.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:08 pm
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:08 pm
Move to poliboard if need be. JB is a class act. 
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NEW YORK (AP) — Tennis star James Blake has agreed to drop his right to sue New York after he was mistakenly arrested and tackled by police. In exchange, a legal fellowship will be created in his name that will bolster the work of the city's police watchdog agency.
The city and Blake's attorney announced the agreement Wednesday. The fellow will serve two-year terms at the Civilian Complaint Review Board and the city will fund it for six years. The salary will be commensurate with other staff there and will be no less than $65,000, officials said.
The fellow's job will be to help navigate the system for people making complaints against police, and to push for strong investigations.
Blake was tackled outside a Manhattan hotel on Sept. 9, 2015, by a police officer and handcuffed. Police said Blake, who had ranked as high as No. 4 in the world before retiring after the 2013 U.S. Open, had been mistakenly identified as being part of a cellphone fraud scheme. He was mistaken for a crime suspect who looks just like him, police said at the time.
Surveillance video surfaced from outside the hotel that showed Police Officer James Frascatore grabbing Blake's arm and roughly taking him to the ground. An excessive force complaint was substantiated by the civilian review board. Frascatore's internal case is pending. His lawyer had no comment.
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Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
Bad move. He should have threatened to sue them until they fired that racist cop.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:14 pm to Bunk Moreland
did we ever get a pic of the actual suspect who "looks just like Blake"?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:16 pm to jcole4lsu
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:16 pm to Bunk Moreland
Nice gesture and move but even that fellowship needs a watchdog.
After nypds bouts with thabo and Blake, I hoped they would take them to the cleaners and gut them of millions of dollars for their trash policing.
I don't feel like this holds them accountable in the end but it's a step forward
After nypds bouts with thabo and Blake, I hoped they would take them to the cleaners and gut them of millions of dollars for their trash policing.
I don't feel like this holds them accountable in the end but it's a step forward
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:17 pm to Bunk Moreland
Similar...but hey you get public money, they need to do and better.
Did that cop get canned?
Did that cop get canned?
Posted on 6/21/17 at 2:36 pm to StrongSafety
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Did that cop get canned?
Nypd won't say one way or the other.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:07 pm to Bunk Moreland
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He was mistaken for a crime suspect who looks just like him, police said at the time.
Yeah, they all look alike to the NYPD.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:21 pm to StrongSafety
quote:Similar?
Similar...but hey you get public money, they need to do and better.
frick outta here. They look damn near identical in those pictures.
Not defending any actions by the cop, btw.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:25 pm to Bunk Moreland
well thats pretty damn similar, and not in the "all _____ look alike fashion. dudes look brothers from different mothers alike.
regardless, classy move by blake.
regardless, classy move by blake.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 3:49 pm to ReauxlTide222
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Similar?
frick outta here. They look damn near identical in those pictures.
Not defending any actions by the cop, btw.
All that.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:32 pm to StrongSafety
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Similar.
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StrongSafety
Oh, never mind.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 4:34 pm to BamaCoaster
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Nypd won't say one way or the other.
And they act shocked and outraged that vast segments of our population have no trust or love for the police.
Posted on 6/21/17 at 5:35 pm to StrongSafety
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I don't feel like this holds them accountable in the end but it's a step forward
It has potential to hold them more accountable than taking the money and running. A couple millions dollars and the story just goes away, maybe to resurface as an added line in an article if it happens again. This says we're trying to help, and at least keeps the footprint on the issue for another few years.
Not only that, it's a much better gesture sacrificing personal gain for the wellbeing of everyone else. He's moving the issue forward in a positive light instead of flinging crap at it for the sake of making noise. Blake's a good dude in my book.
Posted on 6/22/17 at 8:58 am to Bunk Moreland
Good on him
Posted on 6/22/17 at 4:35 pm to Bunk Moreland
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Move to poliboard if need be
Please don't...
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