NYC - BPC Club raided

[TakeMeToTheRiver]

Until I am proven wrong, I am choosing to believe that this is incident is seperate from anything that happens in Manhattan. Different precincts, different boros, bridges to cross, etc.

Still, not good. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

The club is the only one of the clubs in NYC that has been fighting the case...and will continue to fight the case from the word outside after the raid. The police came in guns out screaming that they would "blow people's heads off" Another example of a clean game being persecuted in NYC. If you want to show your support you can show up at Brooklyn Central Booking today to see the arraignment and voice your opinion...

To any players that were at the club - The last round of summonses were summarily dismissed. Just plead not guilty. I would also recommend to anyone that was there to call Internal Affairs and make complaints about the conduct of the police at the scene. One of the fastest way to make the cops understand that this will not be tolerated is to hit them in THEIR pockets...a cop who acts like that WILL lose days of pay for those actions and face possible demotion from his unit or rank...
65 Players in that tournament would make quite a stink if all banded together...
I heard similiar stories from the Playstation raid...

[GreywolfNYC]

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To any players that were at the club - The last round of summonses were summarily dismissed. Just plead not guilty. I would also recommend to anyone that was there to call Internal Affairs and make complaints about the conduct of the police at the scene. One of the fastest way to make the cops understand that this will not be tolerated is to hit them in THEIR pockets...a cop who acts like that WILL lose days of pay for those actions and face possible demotion from his unit or rank...
65 Players in that tournament would make quite a stink if all banded together...
I heard similiar stories from the Playstation raid...

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If the cops executing the search warrant did in fact threaten to "blow peoples' heads off", then IAD complaints should be lodged. And you're right, it will get their attention in a hurry.
I was at Playstation when it was raided. The cops in that raid acted in a very professional manner.

There was NO searchwarrant...they claimed they had probable cause and they DID come in guns waving and claim that they were going to "blow peoples heads off"

I was told that the attitude was similiar at one of the two manhattan raids...guns out, where players initially thought it was a robbery. That was the scene in Brooklyn - players thought it was a robbery in progress. The Civilian Complain Review Board should be called in this case as well as in the Playstation and NYPC raids...the money confiscated was player property and as far as i know not one single voucher was given to any player for THEIR property....it the cops want to claim a rake was taken (which we all know is not true) then only the rake is criminal evidence...

It is time for NYC poker players to stand up for themselves...this is just the latest injustice

[TomBrooks]

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I was told that the attitude was similiar at one of the two manhattan raids...guns out, where players initially thought it was a robbery. That was the scene in Brooklyn - players thought it was a robbery in progress.

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While realizing that very few NYC citizens carry firearms due to the draconian anti-gun legislation in that city; if any of the players had been in possession of firearms, would there have been much chance they might have shot at the police, thinking they were robbers?

[mmcd]

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There was NO searchwarrant...they claimed they had probable cause and they DID come in guns waving and claim that they were going to "blow peoples heads off"


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If this is really the case, then the search was almost certainly illegal. Get a decent lawyer and you can get the whole thing tossed.

In the future find out who you need to pay and pay them. I'm sure there is somebody that has some level of control over these matters that has their hand out.

i think NWA put it best...

the number of players that said that exact thing about the police being lucky that no one was carrying was quite large. the police came through the door screaming with no id out and was quite lucky

[Durs522]

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the number of players that said that exact thing about the police being lucky that no one was carrying was quite large. the police came through the door screaming with no id out and was quite lucky

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I spoke to two players one of which is a dealer at the club. Both said that they thought they were getting robbed when the first cop came in. Pretty crazy if you ask me.

Durs