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This is local to me.

According to sources familiar with their records, Danese has not particularly distinguished himself, but Elliassen had made almost 60 arrests and was even set to be named Cop of the Year -- until this incident.

"They ruined their careers. It's a shame," one source said. "The cops worked so hard to make it safe for everyone. They ruined the whole night."

I do not think this was racially motivated. But I don't think they'd have done it to a white kid. 

COPS CHARGED IN HALLOWEEN ABDUCTION
Parents of teen claim incident was racially motivated; officers each face up to a year in jail
Saturday, November 03, 2007
By PETER N. SPENCER
STATEN ISLAND ADVANCE

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Two police officers from Great Kills contend they dumped an egg-tossing teen in a deserted marsh in Travis to teach him a lesson.

But the parents and attorney of the 14-year-old Graniteville boy said their son was beaten, stripped of his clothes and his dignity in what they claim is a racially motivated act of vigilante justice.

Now, Officers Thomas Elliassen and Michael Danese of the North Shore's 120th Precinct find themselves on the wrong side of the law, charged yesterday with unlawful imprisonment and endangering the welfare of a child, both misdemeanors.

They are accused of abducting Reyshawn Moreno from a Mariners Harbor street, taking off his clothes, then leaving him in a swampy area near the Consolidated Edison plant off the West Shore Expressway in Travis.