The longer that this saga is allowed to unfold, the more depressing it gets. Monserrate's story hasn't changed since yesterday, but the evidence has. Nothing helps to confirm his story, but everything points to a girlfriend that is trying to protect an abusive partner that reads right out of a social worker's handbook.
From The NY Daily News:
Hiram Monserrate's girlfriend wants prosecutors to drop assault charges against the embattled Queens pol, despite telling cops last week that he slashed her in a jealous rage, law enforcement sources said yesterday.
Karla Giraldo told cops Monserrate cut her face with a broken drinking glass after he discovered she had another man's police union card in her purse, sources said.
Monserrate, a former cop, demanded to know more about the other man and why Giraldo accepted his Patrolmen's Benevolent Association card, a perk usually given to close friends or family, sources said.
"He was jealous. It was in her purse. He didn't like her explanations, and it got nasty," a law enforcement source said.
Noticeably her stories do not match up, and all the psychological schooling says the former is most likely correct. Further, the video surveillance that the cops recovered showing Monserrate pulling Giraldo by her hair on the way to the hospital is rather debilitating to Monserrate's claims of innocence. I truly hope Giraldo does not sway prosecutors, because if he is allowed to get away with this act of violence, it is only a matter of time until he attacks next.
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