Aug 9 1997

Officers of Brooklyn's 70th precinct sodomize 30 year old Haitian immigrant Abner Louima with a toilet plunger, then insert the feces-contaminated plunger into Louima's mouth. Later, NYPD officials try feebly to dismiss the suspect's injuries as having resulted from ordinary homosexual activity, but a medical examination proves that to be inconsistent with the evidence.

It has to be the uniform that makes these people feel invincible. The power they feel when they don it, similar to soldiers in war zones. I realize it must be only the sick and demented that allow these actions of depravity to take hold of them ??

The officers responsible were Justin Volpe,Thomas Bruder, Charles Schwurz, Michael Bellomo and Thomas Wiese.


Follow Up

Behind the BLUE WALL...life of a NY cop

New York Times
Metro Briefing New York: Louima Begins Philanthropic Work In Homeland

Published: February 26, 2003
Five years after the assault by New York police officers that led to a $5.8 million settlement, Abner Louima is back in Haiti, his impoverished homeland. In recent visits, Mr. Louima, 36, who now lives in Florida, said he had started paying tuition for 14 poor children and set up a nonprofit group, the Abner Louima Foundation. He said he also hoped to raise money to build a community center and a hospital.