Donald Randolph
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. -- Two Schenectady police officers are suspended with pay after a man they arrested for DWI said they beat him up. Donald Randolph of Princetown said that five officers were involved in the incident.
Public Defender Paul Callahan said, "If you're not driving a motor vehicle, you can't be charged with a DWI, and you can't refuse a Breathalizer test."
Though Donald Randolph's case was adjourned, Callahan said he has proof his client was never behind the wheel.
Two Schenectady police officers are suspended with pay after a man they arrested for DWI said they beat him up. Donald Randolph of Princetown said that five officers were involved in the incident.
Callahan said, "The problem is that we have a witness here who is going to testify that at no point in the McDonald's parking lot was my client driving the vehicle."
Callahan said that testimony is enough to get the refusal to take a Breathalizer charge thrown out, but the alleged police brutality is another matter.
Callahan said, "My job is just to represent him on the felony charges and to get him acquitted."
Though Randolph did confide in him about the incident with the Schenectady Police Department.
Callahan said, "This is being investigated by the Schenectady Police Department and the DA's office from what I understand, that my client is alleging that both at the parking lot and while traveling back to the police station he was assaulted."
But as for the exact details of the alleged assault, Callahan said, "He talked to me a little bit about that, but I'm not going to reveal that."
And neither did Randolph.
He said, "No comment, just wait until the outcome of it all, nothing for now."
But that could take a while. The hearing on his refusal to take a Breathalizer test won't be re-scheduled for eight to ten weeks.