Cops pay up & quit over a $100G lie
A BROOKLYN man who filed a federal lawsuit against the NYPD for framing him on a gun charge has settled his case for $100,000 — with the two cops who arrested him on the hook for some of the dough.
Raul Glasgow, now 45, was pulled over in November 2012 in East Flatbush for driving with a forged license, and cops also claimed they found a .45-caliber pistol in the trunk of his car during a search at the 67th Precinct stationhouse. But Glasgow insisted the cops set him up by urging him to share any information he had on guns and drugs in his neighborhood. Glasgow offered to give them the .45 he had in his apartment, a gun left with him by a pal.
Arresting Officer John Bonanno said in a sworn criminal complaint that the weapon was in Glasgow’s car. But charges against Glasgow were dropped the following summer when the Internal Affairs Bureau “revealed information that calls into question the veracity of (Bonanno’s) sworn statements as they related to this case.”
Glasgow, who served 20 days before he could post bail, will get $95,000 from the city, $1,500 from Bonanno and $3,500 from Sgt. Gary Rich, who signed off on Glasgow’s initial arrest.
Rich and Bonanno avoided departmental discipline — and possible termination — by quitting the NYPD. Rich, an 11-year veteran, quit the force on Sept. 28. Bonanno, a cop since January 2009, did the same last Wednesday,