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NYPD Officer Who Falsely Arrested James Blake Has History Of Citizen Complaints

Earlier this week we collectively shook our heads at yet another example of an overly aggressive NYPD accosting a black man without proper cause.

Former tennis star James Blake was arrested briefly by an officer who really gets off on putting his hands on people…

Via NYTimes

In 2012, a Queens man said, Officer James Frascatore pulled him over for a broken taillight, opened his car door and punched him three times in the mouth, unprovoked.

The following year, another Queens resident claimed, Officer Frascatore punched him in the stomach several times outside a bodega and called him a racial epithet.

Those accounts, both made by black men, came to light after a rough arrest by the same officer on Wednesday in which he wrapped an arm around the neck of the retired tennis star James Blake and threw him to the sidewalk after mistaking him for a suspect in a credit card fraud investigation.

For James Frascatore (who was subsequently stripped of both his badge and his service weapon), this just was another day at the office…

Officer Frascatore’s history of excessive force complaints, including at least three filed against him with the Civilian Complaint Review Board in 2013, revealed a pattern of residents claiming they were detained without explanation and mistreated despite complying. It also led some lawyers and residents to criticize the Police Department for not punishing him before he was involved in another rough arrest.

“I don’t know what that dude’s problem is but I’m glad it finally came to somebody who someone would listen to,” said Warren Diggs, who sued Officer Frascatore, claiming that the officer had beaten him in his driveway in 2013.

The people of New York let James Blake know they had his back, flip it over one time…

Image via NYPD/ABC

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