La Forge v. Kennedy

Breitel, J. P.

Arising from an alleged incident on October 13, 1954, two police officers, with excellent records in the department, were dismissed from the force, on the testimony of two civilians with police records. The nub of the charges was that the two officers, while on radio patrol, arrested the two civilians, Luis Pagan and Rafael Castejon, accused them of possession of contraband narcotics, and then proceeded to exact from them some $24 and an old watch, to secure their release. The charges were denied by the officers, and, following their dismissial, these proceedings under article…