NY State Trooper Brian Beardsley drives drunk, kills man, does no time

Wow, you provided a link to your own lie…James Curry did NOT throw out the charge, the charge was dismissed by a grand jury., but why let facts get in the way of a good story, am I right?

Exactly. Why do they cherry pick every post? Oh wait, I know, cause the average CB reader will believe it all.

Come on, the guy was so “appalled at the impunity granted to a person who killed another” that this was shared 3 years after the fact. I think this was shared by a person who was just trying to drum up a little false indignation, hence the flat out lie in the article above.

I called the office of James Curry but he no longer works there. The lady on the phone says the case was prosecuted but wouldn’t tell me the outcome.

If all these articles are so poorly written then why do you read and comment on them for the last couple years,

so it’s okay that he killed someone? I guess it was only DD after all. or just murder.

It’s just a hit and run….he fled the scene of the accident..there was no test…no evidence prove was drunk. Officers get it right again.

James: You all still seem to forget the fact that he killed someone by running them over and didn’t even stop to try and help.

Me: I didn’t forget that part, but 1. What law requires a person to help, because apparently NY law doesn’t require stop, only notification. 2. You seem to forget the victim was exceedingly drunk and laying in the road, a dark road, at night.

James: Even if the grand jury did drop the charges, that is part of the problem.

Me: How is that part of the problem? Grand juries are made up of the people, they are there to assess the evidence, and to judge whether further prosecution is warranted. In this case, based off the evidence and the law, they deemed further prosecution unnecessary.

James: You sit here and get these cop sympathizers who think they can do no wrong.

Me: while you sit there and get these cop haters who think they can do no right.

James: I don’t care how stressful your job is, just because you did good today doesn’t mean you get a free pass tomorrow.

Me: that he was charged and put through the process shows that he wasn’t given a free pass

James: Had that been an average citizen, they would have been charged with at least manslaughter.

Me: Possibly, but more likely the same exact outcome would have been reached, given the facts of the case.

James: Just because you have a badge does not mean you have immunity, oh wait…..

Me: go ahead, finish that thought. Meanwhile, while you’re basing everything on what you feel, the more sensible people will look at the facts and go from there.

Wait, so the victim has no responsibility in this case? I mean we’re talking about a guy that had multiple DUI convictions and killed a teenage girl. I’d say the victim was killed by karma

Go suck more cop ass

And there you have it. A comment of surrender.

Move along citizen, nothing to see here.

That wasn’t a comment of surrender, but trying to get threw to knuckle dragging morons

It no longer surprises me. I remember when I submitted a completely fake article, about a fake police department, and they posted it.

And when did I ever say that the victim didn’t play a part in this, but he’s not here now to face the consequences. At the very least he should have been charged with leaving the scene of the accident, but u get these grand juries who who always sympathize with police. Fact: he admitted to drinking, fact: he admitted to hitting the man, but thought he was already dead, fact: he had blood and tissue samples on the bottom side of his truck, fact: he left the scene! Let’s say the man was already dead, as a police officer, u then have to do an investigation as to how this man died, with him running him over and not stopping, how is that not obstruction of justice?

Review the NY statutes about it and you’ll understand.

U know what I mean, they always seem untouchable. And yes I saw where he has to pay $75,000 I have read several articles on this, don’t act like I read just this. I don’t blindly follow cop block, but I want police to have to face the same charges as the average person.

See that’s your problem, you’re more worried about a “law” than what’s right.

Remember slavery was legal at one time too, it was also illegal for black people to learn to read, vote, or own property; but who cares if that’s not right, it was the “law”

But yet the people of America do it every day, and let’s be honest, they are going to be more lenient on someone who is a LEO

Because u get the people who think LEO do no wrong. Or let’s be realistic, how many people might have feared to bring up additional charges on the officer, but I guess that’s crazy

What’s “legal” does matter. How statutes are worded, matter. Look at the trail for the Detroit SWAT officer, the first trial was hung on the meaning of “reckless” and again, during a second trial they hung.

Would you like the police to adopt the “lets do what’s right and not worry about what’s legal” mentality?

I’d go so far that if you had a higher voter percentage, things could be very different. Look at CO and WA.

But sorry, Sikko is correct.

You have to read the statute(s). A single person (DA) issues the charge, and the grand jury, as matter of checks and balance, says nope. Doesn’t meet the burden or statutory requirement’s.

Its like when commentors here get the term “murder” confused.

See, you give up too easily and toss out a cocksucker jab.

He was charged with leaving the scene, it was dismissed. You keep saying he should have been charged, and ignoring the obvious fact that he was charged

My point being is the majority of the public blind follow police and think they do no wrong. If a police officer and I commit the same exact crime, in the same exact city, at the same exact time; he will get off, while I go to jail. It’s up to the people to step up and say this isn’t right in order to get the laws changed. If u hit anyone in the road, dead or alive, u need to stop, call the police, and wait for them to do an un investigation. But the you get the brotherhood of LEO’S who will do anything to cover for their buddy, or manipulate something in order to get the outcome that they want. I have seen it with my own eyes.

I know he was charged, but not convicted, u know wtf I mean. Now you’re trying to turn it all around to make it seem like I’m ignoring something because I do t feel like writing a college paper.my guess is you are in law enforcement. That would explain it, always defending your buddies, u got that “it’s us against them mentality”

That’s where you are incorrect, under NYC law, there is no need to stand by and wait. There was need to render aid, which apparently he and his girlfriend did, but they believed Finch was dead, thus freeing them from the statutory requirement of staying behind, so they left.

And from what I read, there is no mention of a “cover-up” because, after all he was in fact criminally charged with a felony.

The notion that if you and a cop commit the same crime, he walks and you go free is a very broad assumption. I guess you’d have to commit a crime and see what happens. If it about jail time, its becomes a matter of math. A given state’s sentence guidelines are easily found online. Cops who do commit a crime have “lesser” sentences because they have no prior convictions and thus score lower.

But u have the dumbass people, on the grand jury, who think all cops do no wrong. They couldn’t possibly believe that cops lie, cheat, and steal. They couldn’t possibly fathom that cops are corrupt, I have seen it with my own eyes. My uncle was captain of the portsmouth police department, my aunt is a judge, my dad was a free mason who had lots and lots of cop, lawyer, and judge friends.

Because people think you’re crazy if u believe that cops are not saints. My argument is not gonna make u believe, you will have to experience it first hand for yourself. All I can do is call someone an idiot and tell them they will see in due time.

In this particular post, I’m speaking in general, not just this case.

So u just assumed that i, or rhe general public will have prior convictions? There u go, if u can’t see that our police, local, state, and federal government is corrupt, I feel sorry for u

I can’t read your mind, if you meant convicted, you should use the word convicted, don’t blame me for your failings.

Your guess would be completely wrong….so being a proponent of the facts is having an “us against them mentality?”

I firmly believe there is corruption to any number of degrees in every field.

I my state, there is another additional charge of “misconduct in office” that DA’s are trying to add when cops break the law. It becomes a legal issue of definition, one side argues that the police “hold a public office” and the other side say that since the police are not “elected” the statute doesn’t apply.

Many people have little or no concept of the legal world. They have no idea that appellate and state decisions about the 4th Amendment come out almost weekly, tipping people’s rights a bit this way, and a bit that way. Like I said about Detroit SWAT, the jury hung on the work “reckless.”

But to say that “well, we the people can’t do anything” is a fallacy. Its simply because many want to rant, but not actually do the actual work to affect change.

Its like body cameras. Yes, it sounds great, but you have to have some foresight about it. What if the police are called to your home for a dispute, and then your ex, or even your employer FOIA the footage? CB complains about drones, and here your wanting the police to come into your home with a digital recorder. Sorry, its gonna have a far more broad impact on the public then the police.

If the statute only requires u to notify, then why was he charged to begin with? They n knew that night that he is the one that notified.

Well that’s a big red flag

NYC has had that statute for decades. Its nothing new.

The victim’s, during the civil state, attempted to have it “unsealed” but a judged ruled against them. They apparently declined to appeal that decision and took a settlement.

I thought the same thing, also, and it really drains credibility from this site. And three years after is a bit much. However, if you read the press coverage from the time which carry more information, it does seem to be another example of the double standard in how these cases are investigated and prosecuted in LEO vs. non-LEO cases. They stop, circle back around to confirm there is a victim in the road, then leave without attempting to summon medical help or even check the condition of the victim (possibly criminal, definitely morally questionable and not falling in with the typical LEO heroic narrative). Girlfriend calls 9-1-1 when they get home, then the police “examine” the trooper (we’re not sure exactly what that consisted of, but know what it didn’t consist of) two hours after the phone call, but they draw no blood; however, they do draw blood on the deceased victim (defense exhibit A if it ever goes to trial). This is why the tide of public support is turning against LE now, and LE has only its own behavior and attitudes (us v. them) to blame for it.

That’s because we let it get to far to begin with, I’m all for changing things, however I can not do it by myself, and as long as people continue to believe that LEO’S are always for your best interest, nothing will change. Most people are happy living in denial. Most of the time u have to have a profound impact on your life in order to step up to the plate. How do u expect people to change police behavior when they don’t except the way they behave?

If that’s what you take away from anything I’ve written, well kid, perhaps you should consider some remedial education in reading comprehension

Ohh if a person is drunk then it’s ok to run them over with your car and leave them there with no help until you get home and let your gf call 911 about the man you just ran over? Good to know, too bad that only works out for cops.

You mean they are sealed by union contract, which basically says you are trying to hide something.

James: No what im taking away from this is that you’re not outraged about a police officer running over a man and not even stopping.

Me: because I’m not ranting and raving on this site or because I’m analytical about the situation and how it’s reported here?

James: Regardless if it’s not in the statute, u are not upset about this enough to try and change it.

Me: It’s not on me to change the laws of New York, I don’t live in New York, therefore it’s not my place to tell New Yorkers what laws to have and how to phrase them

James: Your mentality is “Oh well the GJ dismissed it, next” instead u should be outraged by the lack of morale judgment, enough to say….you know what, maybe he did get dropped, but this is something that needs to be changed.

Me: who are you to tell me what I should be outraged by, and to what extent I should be outraged? Are you outraged by the actions of Eric Frein? Were you outraged by the actions of the Millers? Dorner? Are you working to get laws changed on the basis of their actions? I take the same mentality whether the person engaged in the action is a cop or not.

James: You are perfectly ok with letting LEO’S get away with stuff the average citizen would be in jail for.

Me: No, I’m not, but you tell yourself whatever you need to in order to feel righteous in your moral outrage. In the meantime though, you’ll have to demonstrate where the average citizen of New York would be in jail under the same circumstances as this former state trooper

James: That’s what I’m taking away from this.

Me: because you can’t understand what you read and your mind is clouded by your emotions

James: And that because people think that police do no wrong, is why the GJ dismissed it.

Me: Got any evidence to support that belief, or are you still just running on moral outrage?

Apparently you can’t read.

No, he admitted to having 3-4 drinks over the course of the night. What level of impairment could that have been? Even motorists with THC in their blood, there must be a demonstration of “impairment” to an DWID charge.

Which was put there because of a contract.

But he is now working as a cop for a different department, so he can run over some other poor smuck…your logic is epic to say the least…so the lesson is if you kill someone you can be charged and then sued and go work some where else so you can kill again without doing ANY time…that’s how copminals work…just a bunch of low IQ knuckle draggers at best…..

Apparently you can’t remember what you said. You are trying to water this down like it’s nothing because the (VICTIM) was lying passed out in the road. So that some how justifies the cop running over him and leaving the scene of the accident. You act as if the cop did nothing wrong because all you can do is focus on what the victim of the crime did. Also, the key word that you said is “victim”. If there is a victim, then there is a crime, if there is a crime, there should be a punishment for that crime. Funny how cops are the only ones that doesn’t face the same punishment that any of the rest of us would face for the same crimes committed.

The part that also serves as the second link to an external story, the part that claims that James Curry threw out the charge, when in fact the charge was dismissed by a grand jury.

Of course he didn’t, I mean who here is really surprised that he didn’t do time?
Just an other miscarriage of justice from the police, the district attorney, and the court system protecting one of their own.
If that were you or me we would be doing time for vehicular homoside.
Lock that A-Hole up…

so on whos word was it imposed the victim was passed out in the road the cop that hit and killed him and left the scene or his girl friend who of course is going to lie to help cover his ass .He left the scene if he did no wrong then why did he not stop and call it in .Crooked cops like him deserve but 1 thing a 6 foot hole and fuck the pine box they dont deserve one

Speaks volumes, not only about the department that hired him, but the lack of integrity in every aspect of this city and it’s municipal organization!

You don’t know that Finch was laying passed out in the road, not really,not for sure. He may have been walking on the foggy road.

The trooper may have had 2 hours before he was located and tested.

So the girl he was with called from the scene “911”. Then they just leave.

This whole mess stinks like shit and you really can’t defend this dude without looking real stupid.

A Grand Jury can be swayed in any direction a prosecutor want’s.

No one really knows if the victim was laying in the road or walking. I would guess he was walking and the trooper is a liar.I agree with what you are saying.

IDEA

Actually it’s not but you really need to do some research on what happened as well as the traffic statutes in NY. See what the statute actually says.

Steve, read into the incident.

Eric Frein is captured

Also, what is the “demonstration” of impairment at a DUI checkpoint? How about the ‘driver’s license’ checkpoint last week where the cops shot and killed a passenger because he wouldn’t “Show them his papers”….everyone is on to you shills

You don’t honestly think people learn of EVERY single incident that happens, do you?

As for this one, you don’t get it. The message this and many other incidents sends to cops is that they are clear to screw up by the numbers and the system will cover them. Thus, these events are getting more insane all the time.

And have no fear, some dipshit PD will still hire him. They love recycling bad cops.

So says the guy taking the criminal cop’s word that the victim was passed out in the road. You’re treating his word like it is gospel.

Why is copblock erasing my comments.

More fucking PIGS every day more then 80 pigs arrested every day but most never charged. EMAIL,TWITTER,FACEBOOK,MYSPACE, TALK TO PEOPLE GET IT OUT IN THE OPEN ASK COPS ABOUT IT . WE WILL WIN YOU CROOKED FUCKERS

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On a separate note, I am especially glad that Halloween can be safely enjoyed by the kids in this area. That whole neighborhood has had a real tough go of it while this manhunt has ground on, stoically dealing with impediments to their daily lives that would cause so many others to whine and gripe (yes, I’m referring to you Nurse Kaci Hickox). I am sure that they will all enjoy the long-overdue return to normalcy. Thank you all for your support of Justice. Let no one say you folks are fair-weather friends of the American Law Enforcement community. THUGS IN GANGS