Letters from the Issue of September 27, 2007

Dear brave reporters, “protectors of our democracy”,

The story (today) about the husband “Trapped in red tape” in search of his missing wife is typical behavior by (those in) authority. And so gloomy it is. Not only are innocent people being shot (in the back) by our “bravest”, abused, beaten and driven to secluded areas… to die, the following may further depict on “how thing are done” by those in authority, when not promptly dealt with. Are children and the public in our city/town safe?

Should we fear our government/officials? I do not! But the rest of Americans should when these are our government/officials comprising souls.
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September 24th, 2007

Mark Kaspi

New York State
Office of the Attorney General
Public Integrity Unit
120 Broadway, 22nd Floor
New York, NY 10271

COMPLAINT

Dear Sir/madam,

Some years ago, a friend at my west side neighborhood was brutally raped at gun point by four thugs. That evening, after returning from work at NBC, and learning as to what happened to my friend, the police was called in. Observing that the police officers, while looking for fingerprints at my friend’s apartment, are cracking jokes among themselves, laughing out loud… while my friend lay there in agony, I took my friend aside, and got a very good description of the thugs. That evening, I went out to the streets of NYC, looking for the thugs. Within less than 48 hours following the crime, I surrendered all four thugs into police custody. An hour or so after I caught the thugs, and while being debriefed by police as to how/when… I caught them, a police officer informs me that the NY assistant DA (Linda Feirstein) is about to release the thugs from police custody. I immediately got on the phone with her, and found out that because one of the thugs is the son of a NYC “prominent lawyer” she intends to release them. I made it very clear to her that it is utterly irresponsible to release those thugs after they committed such a serious crime, further jeopardizing the people, and added that: “If the thugs will be released, the consequences of her irresponsible actions will become her liability”. The thugs were processed, charged, put on trial… and two of them did jail time. The neighborhood was safe for a while.
Two police officers asked me not to “make waves”, and not talk to the papers or bring this episode to the news department at NBC (where I worked). “Please, don’t make us look bad” they asked. I made it very clear to them, that Linda Feinstein’s conduct as a NYC official is not taken lightly by me, and I am sure the people, if they find out as to the reason(s) criminals are being released to the streets, further jeopardizing them… they will react with outrage. The officers promised that “this incident will never be repeated”, and I respected their wishes “not to make waves”, even though an article about my deeds did appear in the papers, without my consent.

The reason I bring the above to your attention is simple. These continuing practices of favoritism while disregarding public and children’s safety, persist among NY official, and got very close to home. My home.

My wife, while working at a food establishment received terrorizing phone calls, threatening to harm rape and kill her, and threats to harm our children, due to our religious and national origin/background. One of the calls was traced to a secure area, extension #10 at the basement of the food establishment. After my wife complained to her superiors, my wife was fired. Some eight months after my wife was fired, on the day the papers reported that the food establishment is being sued by my wife; more terrorizing calls and messages were left on our answering machine, again, with threats to rape and kill my wife, if she shows up at that food establishment. When a complaint about the terrorizing messages was filed with NYPD, a detective by the name of Torres was assigned to “investigate”, and he came up with a shakedown/bribe demand for $900 to be handed to him, in order to initiate an investigation. A demand I never heard before in my entire life. Complaints filed with (NYPD) Internal affairs, with the office of the (NY) Attorney General and other government offices, resulted in conversations with people who “did not know anything”, misinformed me, and hung up the phone on me. All the names are on and for the record. Requests, asking NYPD for an account as to what the NYPD and its Internal Affairs Department did or did not do about these severe “allegations”, resulted in nothing, even though (at least) one officer admitted, for the record, that what the detective did, should have never taken place, and that he (the detective) “acted improperly”.
The authorities’ public relation efforts with regards to public safety, their concern for children, Amber Alerts… etc, as marketed/publicized for the public, contradicts what is actually taking place in everyday life, were police officers do not investigating crimes committed at establishments they frequent (patronize), while receiving “special treatment” from owners of such establishment, demanding bribes from crime victims… and covering up for each other. The scope of official engaged in such illegal activities is alarming, and should be dealt with promptly.
Since the perpetrator (and accomplices) is/are still at large, in my humble opinion, unless otherwise requested, the recordings (on the enclosed tape cassette) should be made known to the public around our country and around the world, since children’s safety as well as public safety in NY is at stake, jeopardized by those assigned to protect us all.

The following case numbers were provided to me by authorities (some fictitious):
From the DA’s special prosecution unit office: 20197
From NY Internal Affairs: 06-41127
ICO: 5068-06
FBI: 5604

Your prompt attention to issues brought before you in this letter will be appreciated by all. Please, feel free to contact me, anytime.

Sincerely,

Mark Kaspi
AMERICAN