Chelsea, VT – A New York City rabbi who kept driving when a Vermont state trooper tried to pull him over for speeding and complained of mistreatment by police has paid a $100 traffic ticket.
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The Valley News reports a misdemeanor charge accusing Rabbi Berl Fink, of Brooklyn, of trying to elude a trooper for 4 1/2 miles (6 kilometers) on an interstate before pulling over in Fairlee will be dropped.
Police video of the August 2017 encounter shows the trooper ordering the rabbi at gunpoint to lie on the ground. The trooper is then seen handcuffing Fink, his son and his wife.
Fink says he didn’t think he was being pursued.
His lawyer says his client and his family felt traumatized and will seek other relief, but he would not elaborate.
sue them………………
I think that the cop used excessive force, when he ordered everyone out (including the Rabbi’s wife and children) out at gunpoint, and handcuffed all of them. Yes, the Rabbi probably was speeding, and should have stopped sooner. However, this matter escalated out of control, and could have ended tragically. I’m glad that the most serious charge was dropped. Anti-semitism was not involved; only poor judgment on both sides.
To #3 Why handcuff a little boy and a woman? Does she pose sucha great danger. Does the officer need a vision test or does he need to use common sense?