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Mathew Bianchi, 40, filed a civil suit against the NYPD last year claiming he was discriminated against due to his enforcement of traffic laws - even if the guilty driver had a 'get out of jail' card.
Mathew Bianchi took routine traffic stops seriously and handed out tickets regardless of people’s connections within the Police Department. He says he was punished for it.
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A Staten Island cop says he was threatened by union officials, precinct supervisors and even the NYPD's chief of department, and then transferred to nighttime patrol — all because he summonsed reckless drivers who tried to dodge punishment by flashing courtesy cards distributed by police unions.