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Above The Law - Ex-Cop, LIRR Harasser Gets Off Again

April 14th, 2008 by Chris (Admin) · No Comments


 

 

60-year-old ex-cop John Clifford has been arrested EIGHT times on the Long Island Railroad for harassing other passengers. Just recently, he was let off again, acting as his own lawyer in successfully being cleared of two misdemeanor offenses.

Whats more, in 1994 he was arrested for (admittedly) striking a fellow female passenger in the head - surely that got him convicted? Nope.

He has been arrested of throwing coffee, cursing, slapping cellphones out of commuters hands, and hoarding entire rows of seats for himself. Basically, this guy is your worst commuting nightmare ever.

One victim described him as “the loudest person on the same train that he’s trying to make quiet,”

Apparently, in his latest appearance, the judge ruled his behavior ‘inappropriate but not illegal’.

Seriously, if a teenager punched a woman in the head on the LIRR, and spent his commutes calling people ‘f***ing faggots’ and slapping cellphones out of their hands, he would be on Riker’s Island right now.

But apparently, if you are a 60-year-old white ex-NYPD, you can be arrested 8 times and everything is still all cool.

One of these days, his shenanigans are going to get even farther out of hand and someone is going to get seriously hurt.

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