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Arbitrator's exoneration of Albany officer draws Sheehan's ire
Mayor writes letter criticizing "racially biased conclusions" in First St. case
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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.