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Albany police officer Luke Deer pleads guilty to misdemeanor assault, resigns Prosecutor cites weakness with evidence as authorities reach plea deal that lets Deer avoid felony conviction FacebookTwitterEmail 2of3Police body camera footage shows Albany Police Officer Luke Deer taking down Armando Sanchez during a March 16, 2019, altercation on First Street. Officer Deer was charged with felony assault and a misdemeanor count of official misconduct. (Albany Police) Show MoreShow Less 3of3 ALBANY – City Police Officer Luke Deer pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and agreed to resign Wednesday as part of a plea deal for his conduct in an incident in which officers were accused of pummeling Black men at a First Street home in 2019. ....
Arbitrator s exoneration of Albany officer draws Sheehan s ire Mayor writes letter criticizing racially biased conclusions in First St. case FacebookTwitterEmail Police body camera footage shows Officer Matthew Seeber asking to enter the home at 523 First Street before kicking in the door on March 16, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (Albany Police Department) ALBANY An independent arbitrator exonerated city police officer Matthew Seeber of all charges last week for his role in an incident on March 2019 on First Street. In response, Mayor Kathy Sheehan wrote a letter to the state board that handles police arbitration, criticizing the arbitrator’s “racially biased conclusions,” and asking the board to stop using him. ....
Decision in Albany case from arbitrator, a Syracuse professor, draws mayor’s ire Updated Mar 17, 2021; By Steve Hughes | Times Union, Albany Albany, N.Y. An independent arbitrator exonerated city police officer Matthew Seeber of all charges last week for his role in an incident on March 2019 on First Street. In response, Mayor Kathy Sheehan wrote a letter to the state board that handles police arbitration, criticizing the arbitrator’s “racially biased conclusions,” and asking the board to stop using him. The ruling came nearly two years to the day that Seeber and other officers responded to 523 First St. for calls of a loud party. Three men Lee Childs, Mario Gorostiza and Armando Sanchez were arrested only to have their charges dropped after cell phone video of officers kicking Gorostiza was forwarded to police department leaders, sparking an investigation. ....