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Guilty Plea In NYPD Torture Case

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Guilty Plea In NYPD Torture Case

Facing almost certain conviction, police officer Justin Volpe today (May 25) entered a mid-trial guilty plea to federal charges that he tortured Abner Louima in a Brooklyn station house in August 1997. In these excerpts from the official court transcript, Volpe vividly describes his vicious assault of the Haitian immigrant, an attack that could lead to life in prison when Volpe is sentenced later this year. (8 pages)

Click here for FBI and police records from the Louima brutality case.