Superior Court Judge Michael L. Ravin set a July 13 trial date for Bloomfield Police Department "dash cam" defendants Orlando Trinidad and Sean Courter.
Both officers rejected state plea deals in connection with charges enumerated in a January indictment.
Trinidad and Courter were indicted on charges of conspiracy, official misconduct, falsifying or tampering with public records, and false swearing in connection with the incident and its aftermath.
Citing a pretrial memo, Ravin said the final offer for a plea deal with each defendant would have resulted in sentences of five years in prison and five years mandatory parole; however, the state will not accept a plea deal after the trial date has been set.
Furthermore, if convicted by a jury at trial, Courter faces a maximum sentence of 28 years in prison with parole available after seven years, and Trinidad faces a maximum of 33 years in prison, also with parole available after seven years.
Both defendants remain free on bail.
If there's any justice in this country anymore those lying pigs will go way for the full sentence and serve as a warning to the rest.
Should be interesting and be both "a teaching moment" as well as a defining moment for our nation.
Are all animals created equal, or are the pigs more equal than others?
I have a difficult time believing that had the original defendent or anyone else been charged with these things that they'd be out free on bail.
If there's any justice in this country anymore those lying pigs will go way for the full sentence and serve as a warning to the rest.
Should be interesting and be both "a teaching moment" as well as a defining moment for our nation.
I could not agree more!
With modern education you often here the term "teaching to the test", watching the video it was bizarre hearing the catch phrases "stop resisting" and "let go of my gun". I believe it either shows malicious intent or they have been "trained to the camera". You do not get over the trauma inflicted by these POS's.