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Thursday, October 22, 2009

New York '9/11 hero police chief' jailed

New York '9/11 hero police chief' jailed

A former New York police chief, Bernard Kerik who was hailed a hero after the September 11 2001 attacks, has been jailed after a federal judge revoked his bail ahead of a corruption trial.




"He has become the first police chief in the city's history to be thrown into jail.

In a hearing in White Plains, New York, Judge Stephen Robinson said he was revoking the $500,000 bail granted to Kerik, 54, who led the police under the previous administration of then-mayor Rudolph Giuliani".

If New York can jail an ex-police chief for corruption, why cannot we jail corrupt MPs who have fiddled their expenses?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The telegraph leaves out the reasons why the judge revoked bail.

Federal District Judge Stephen C. Robinson was unsparing in his criticism of Kerik's behavior, calling him a "toxic combination of self-minded focus and arrogance... And I fear that combination leads him to believe his ends justify his means.

Why do I think this so perfectly describes the McCanns. Toxic combination of self minded focus and arrogance.