Bad, drunk, off duty cop punches tiny bar-maid. And the bystanders? Well, they should probably be arrested too. Watch, and cringe... and then, of course, it get worse:
Shocking surveillance video shows off-duty Chicago police officer Anthony Abbate, 38, a 12-year veteran of the force, brutally beating a female bartender.
He punches and kicks her.
"He was drunk in a bar. She refused to serve him anymore so he went behind the bar and threw her around like a sack of potatoes," said Attorney Terry Ekl who represents the alleged victim.
The woman was working at Jessie's Shortstop Inn Tavern on the city's northwest side where the alleged assault happened.
Video shot by the tavern in February shows Abbate's attack on the woman, who is half his size, was so violent the bar itself shakes.
Bystanders looked on, but no one stepped in. No one helped the woman until she was back on her feet again.
"The Chicago Police Department made a unilateral decision that they were going to charge him only with a misdemeanor without telling the State's Attorney’s Office," said Ekl.
But prosecutors took over and filed felony aggravated battery charges.
"It's one of the most brutal and savage attacks that I have seen caught on tape," said David Navarro, a prosecutor in the case.
Prosecutors are investigating adding possible obstruction of justice and intimidating a witness charges.
"Another individual came in moments after the attack and attempted to offer the victim money in order for her not to prosecute the defendant," Navarro said. ...
It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. And of course, there's even more:
The February attack, caught on the Tavern's surveillance camera, was Abbatte's second assault of the evening, say prosecutors.
"The defendant had attacked another customer earlier that evening. He placed him in a headlock and punched that individual repeatedly,” Navarro said.
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