SGT. MICHAEL MARCUCILLI |
Convicted criminal Mayor Ernie Davis is under fire again as his micro
managing "I think I know it all" style of governing has caught up
with him and is sure to cost Mount Vernon taxpayers another million dollars. Ferguson, Missouri is now here in Mount Vernon,
NY.
Sgt. Michael Marcucilli, a known racist, who has
cost the City of Mount Vernon taxpayers over $930K in police brutality and
excessive force lawsuits, gunned down a black man at 158 Stevens Avenue. A total of nine shots were fired, with 7
shots hitting the victim at close range.
Unconfirmed reports state that the 7 shots
that hit the victim that Mount Vernon Police officers are now trying to
classify as an "emotionally disturbed person", came from Sgt.
Marcucilli's weapon. The other officer
involved in the shooting was Officer Briley, a highly decorated African
American officer highly respected in the community and by his peers. Briley was described as a "stand up" guy by
staff at the Mount Vernon Police Department.
A press conference was held yesterday in the
Mayor's conference room. Mount Vernon
Exposed was in attendance after a tip was received that Mayor Davis and top
brass were attempting to cover the shooting, which seems to mirror the horrific
murder of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, a retired Marine and Correction officer
gunned downed by White Plains police officers.
Chamberlain was also classified as "emotionally disturbed" by
White Plains police officers.
Due to the inconsistency of facts surrounding
the shooting, The United States Department of Justice must intervene and get to
the bottom of this. Corruption runs
rampant in the Mount Vernon Police Department.
Sgt. Marcucilli was sued and found guilty by
several juries for excessive force, beating a 12-year boy in the head with a
metal baton, using racial slurs, and even broker the arm of a fellow police
officers brother.
Former Mayor Clinton Young and former Police
Commissioner Carl Bell had Sgt. Marcucilli placed on desk duty for almost 4
years because he was deemed a danger to the community. Marcucilli also allegedly called a black
woman a "Nigger" during traffic stop and told the woman that he
wished it were 200 years ago so he could really teach her a lesson.
Sources told Mount Vernon Exposed that Sgt.
Marcucilli being placed back on the street was just another example of Mayor
Davis and his pay-to-Play politics style.
A cash campaign donor of Mayor Davis, who is also Italian like
Marcucilli, asked Davis to put Marcucilli back on the street and Davis followed
through on the promise, putting his own self interest above those of the
residents of the City of Mount Vernon. That
same Italian "cash donor" was also the one that was instrumental in
getting Marcucilli hired.
Why is a police officer that calls black
woman in Mount Vernon "Nigger" allowed to work in the City of Mount
Vernon? Sgt. Marcucilli beat a 12-year-old African American so severe; he
required stiches and staples to close the gaping wound on his head.
Captain Adinaro, during the press conference
was unprepared and not ready for the line of questioning from Mount Vernon
Exposed. Capt. Adinaro refused to give
the name the name of the officers involved in the shooting, however Mount Vernon Exposed learned the identities of the shooters within 3 minutes of when the shooting occurred. Why would Adinaro would think he could
keep such information private in a city so small like Mount Vernon?
Adinaro was quick to try to paint the suspect
as a career criminal stating that he had four previous run-ins with Mount
Vernon Police officers. Capt. Adinaro
also stated that it was known that the victim of the shooting had mental
illness issues. If MVPD officials knew
this, why wasn't extra effort made to help the victim instead of having a racist
Sgt. pump 7 bullets into the victim?
Capt.. Adinaro also admitted to the public
that Sgt. Marcucilli was not trained to deal with emotionally disturbed
persons. Adinaro stated that Mount
Vernon Police officers do indeed have rubber bullets and beanbags, but could
not answer why they were not used instead of using lethal force.
Adinaro also made a statement that "We
All" are trained to deal with emotionally disturbed persons, but a few
police officers interviewed by Mount Vernon Exposed, said that the ESU
(Emergency Services Unit) are in fact the only ones trained to deal with
emotionally disturbed persons.
Mayor Davis and Capt. Adinaro also refused to
answer questions as to why Sgt. Marcucilli was placed back on the street just
saying that Sgt. Marcucilli was found to be legitimate and cleared to go back
on the street without saying which body or authority cleared him to go back on
the street.
It is clear the Mayor Davis has no control
over the City of Mount Vernon and the Mount Vernon Police Department and things
are likely to get worse before they get better in the City of Mount
Vernon.