NYPD officer accused of calling woman a 'f**king dyke' before brutally assaulting her
theGrio REPORT - An NYPD officer is under investigation for a possible hate crime after a woman accused him of attacking her and calling her anti-gay slurs.
An NYPD officer is under investigation for a possible hate crime after a woman accused him of attacking her and calling her anti-gay slurs.
Stephanie Dorceant, 29, was arrested in Brooklyn on July 11 after allegedly assaulting NYPD Officer Salvator Aquino. Despite her claims that she was attacked without provocation, she is facing felony charges of assault, menacing, resisting arrest and harassment.
In her own words, Stephanie Dorceant described what happened through a statement supplied on Thursday by her lawyers:
On July 11th I was in Brooklyn, where I live and work, heading from a concert with my girlfriend when, out of nowhere a large man bumped me from behind. I asked him if he was ok. He then barked at me, and I will quote: ‘mind your own business you f****** dyke.’
Hen then attacked me, punched me in the face a number of times, choked me and called me several more anti-gay slurs. When he had his hands around my neck I truly thought I was going to die. I could not breathe. The only way I could get him to stop attacking me and my girlfriend was to bite him.
When other police officers showed up I thought we were saved. That was not the case. It turned out that this man was an off-duty police officer. Instead of helping me and my girlfriend and arresting our attacker, more officers piled on top of me, slamming me onto the pavement and putting their knees on my neck, shoulders, and back. They then put us both into handcuffs and threw us into a holding cell in the precinct. After being processed at the precinct I was taken to the hospital, and then to central bookings.
At my arraignment, they said that I had assaulted the cop and that I had used racial slurs. Even though I have no record, and their story was a complete lie, bail was set and I ended up at Riker’s Island.
My attacker has still not been charged or arrested.”
During the altercation Dorceant says the officer never identified himself as police.
The police account states that the officer approached the two women because he saw an argument between them and alleges that Dorceant struck the officer first. However, the couple maintains they were “talking and laughing” after coming back from a performance.
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