Judge Guy Mitchell’s twisted verdict: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: NYPD Sgt. Erik Duran’s 3- to 9-year jail sentence for actions that killed a fleeing drug suspect.
As a retired NYPD sergeant, I’ve skilled many split-second selections all through my profession (“Defense misjudged,” April 11).
Sgt. Erik Duran didn’t wake up trying to break the law that day. He was working to help his household and made a resolution within the center of a chaotic chase with a fleeing suspect. These varieties of conditions should not have a script, simply intuition and expertise.
On the road, hesitation will get you, your companion or others harm. But now the message is evident: Act instinctively and also you may lose your freedom.
Anthony Luongo, Sr.
Oceanport, NJ
I hope karma visits lefty loser Judge Guy Mitchell. Decisions, beliefs and coverage reminiscent of his are the rationale crime is unrelenting and disrespect for law enforcement is the new norm.
Duran is a true hero dwelling by way of a nightmarish expertise in a metropolis managed by rubbish politicians and judges with loopy, twisted beliefs.
Steven Cassidy
Franklin Square
The outrageous sentence given to Duran ought to shock no one. Mayor Mamdani’s outrageous insurance policies, together with shrinking the police drive and exhibiting compassion for criminals, characterize his anti-law-enforcement coverage.
Add to that a criminal-loving district lawyer, radical left-wing judges and an out-of-touch City Council, and the outcomes are a hero cop sentenced to jail.
Irene Hesse
Mineola
The job of law enforcement is to guard the public by apprehending suspects, not letting them get away. An individual fleeing law enforcement ought to bear the accountability for any untoward occasion that will befall them, not the pursuing officer.
Let’s hope Judge Guy Mitchell by no means has to call 911 to come back rescue his household — as a result of, why would they?
Miles Kuttler
Aventura, Fla.
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Duran testified that he tossed the cooler at Eric Duprey as a result of he feared his fellow officers had been at risk of imminent bodily damage.
In rendering his verdict, Mitchell cited he was sending a “general deterrent” to different cops. You might be assured the “general deterrent” heard by cops will make them reluctant to execute their thankless job.
Denis David
East Rockaway
First, let me say I personally know Andrew Quinn as an excellent protection lawyer. Unfortunately, when attempting a case involving a police officer in The Bronx, you’re caught between a rock and a laborious place.
Secondly, the choose’s suggestion that the police knew the suspect and will’ve arrested him the following day is ludicrous. As a sergeant and lieutenant in narcotics for seven years, I personally supervised over 150 buy-and-bust operations. You usually go to a narcotics-prone location with no particular particular person in thoughts. The solely approach they might know his identification was in the event that they took him to the station for processing.
James Crean
Congers
As a devoted reader of The Post, I’ve been following the case of Sgt. Duran and may’t consider the sentence he was given.
I’ve a suggestion for the NYPD that a extreme case of blue flu might be warranted to protest this miscarriage of justice. Perhaps this might get the eye of the liberal judiciary. Nothing else appears to work.
Richard Dee
East Wareham, Mass.
As Isaiah 5:20 says, “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.”
Mitchell sentenced Duran to jail for the “crime” of attempting to arrest a drug vendor who died whereas attempting to flee justice. By what ethical system do so-called progressives stay?
Judith Weizner
Bronxville
It was that a police officer attempting to do the fitting factor would suffice on the earth of public opinion. Now Judge Mitchell is popping that precedent on his head.
In hindsight, of course Duran would’ve responded in a different way, however officers are reacting on the fly. If this sentence stands, the protection of New Yorkers will cling within the stability.
Peter Cooper
Bronxville
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