It's been said that the police are there to protect criminals from citizens, not the other way around. Case in point ....
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Hue and cry*
When the police (and the courts) fail to act
NYC serial spitter bloodied in street-style justice during epic beatdown: ‘F**K Jail, we’re worse than jail’
Anthony Caines — the sicko busted by the NYPD for allegedly spitting in the faces of white women who passed him in Williamsburg — has apparently been on the receiving end of some street-style justice.
[Caines was arrested on Nov. 13 for his serial spitting spree.
He was released with an ankle monitor the following day, after pleading not guilty to charges including aggravated harassment based on race or religion, according to court documents obtained by The Post.]
Video footage shared on social media showed two men beating and kicking a man who appeared to be accused spitter Caines, 45, outside of a hair salon on Sixth Street.
It was unclear when the footage was shot.
Caines, curled up on the sidewalk in a defensive fetal position, is dealt multiple blows by the two attackers, whose faces are never shown.
The two men laugh to themselves as they kick Caines and stomp on his legs.
Caines is heard wailing in pain during the beatdown.
The clip quickly cuts to an image of Caines with a large gash on his forehead, above his left eye. Blood streams down his face as the men issue a final warning.
“Stop violating these females out here, you heard?” the man filming the footage tells him.
“We’re tired of that s–t,” the man explains. “You’re making us look bad.”
Caines appeared to confirm he understood, before saying, “I went to jail, didn’t I?”
Caines wailed as the beating unfolded, video showed.
“F–k jail — we’re worse than jail,” the man yells before delivering one last punch to his head.
“The NYPD did not receive a report about the assault on Caines.” No, I imagine not.
Of note, in my opinion, is that the men administering justice here were black; in other words, responsible citizens, preserving the safety of their neighborhood and their neighbors. I find that heartening.
A salivating sicko was busted last week in a racially-motivated spitting spree that targeted four white women in Williamsburg, Brooklyn — but walked free a day later, The Post has learned.
Anthony Caines, who is black, was arrested Nov. 13 after his repulsive two-day spitfest, but was sprung on Nov. 14 after pleading not guilty on charges including aggravated harassment based on race or religion, according to court documents obtained by The Post.
Caines, 45, whose rap sheet include arrests for domestic violence and contempt of court, was granted supervised release, authorities said.
The victim, a college student, was stunned when she was attacked outside 285 Broadway at 10:05 a.m. on Nov. 11.
Charging documents cite three similar incidents — all unfolding in Williamsburg on Nov. 11 and Nov. 12 — where Caines silently spit directly into the faces of the female strangers as they passed him on the street.
….The second assault happened less than two hours later, at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Grand Street. A third attack unfolded at Marcy Avenue and South Fourth Street at 10:40 p.m.
The fourth attack happened the next morning at 8 a.m. outside 186 Grand Street.
None of the incidents resulted in a felony charge, which would’ve kept Caines in custody.
*The image depicts a medieval "hue and cry". This was an ancient English common law procedure for pursuing suspected criminals.
When a crime was witnessed, the victim or a witness would shout loudly to alert the community.
All who heard the call were legally obligated to join the chase and help catch the criminal.
Failure to participate would result in a heavy fine.
It served as a cornerstone of medieval community-based law enforcement in the absence of a professional police force.