Det. Frank Serpico NYPD Ret.
@SerpicoDet
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After exposing systemic corruption in NYPD shot & left 4 dead by fellow cops. A movie & book SERPICO followed. Seeking truth & exposure of 50+ yrs of coverup.
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The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.F. S.
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Anyone fighting corruption knows it is excruciatingly
exhausting.
At 84 I know it best.
The tragedy is, we are fighting the biggest offender, the very system that was meant to protect us.
How ironic
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In the 1998 film Rushmore, Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman) creates a stage adaptation of Serpico's story.
It made me smile 😊
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@KatieSponsler
Exactly correct Katie. This is what the public fails to understand and needs to know.
It’s premeditated and orchestrated.
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Feb 3 1971 I was left for dead. One police car arrived to investigate a tenant’s call. The 2 cops didn’t know it was me. Later one stated if he knew it was me he would have left me there to bleed to death.
Stay tuned for
@dougpoppa1
pod cast for what really happened.
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Got this DM from an NYPD cop “So I'm at work and speaking to young new officer from the bronx about movies. I asked if he saw Serpico and he goes is that the guy who ratted everybody out. Smh. I said no wtf are they teaching you at the academy”
Is this 50 yrs of progress ?
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An example of the GET WELL cards I received from my NYPD COLLEAGUES after being shot and left for dead with no signal 1013 (officer down) transmitted.
No I’ll never forget the betrayal of one of their own and the lesson learned of what Police are capable of to protect THEIR KIND
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There’s a lot of talk in the news today about these “bad cops”“infiltrating the police”
As God is my witness, it is exactly as I felt in 60-70s.
The reverce
I had unwittingly infiltrated a culture of rogues & thieves posing as police. That system still holds me in contempt today
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I want to also thank all my Twitter well wishers. And to all a good night 😴
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Finkelstein rose to prominence in 2000 after writing his book The Holocaust Industry, in which he claims that some exploit the memory of the Holocaust as an "ideological weapon" to provide Israel "immunity to criticism". Norman Finkelstein. 😢I agree.
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I want to thank
@NYCMayor
, Chris Dunn
@NYCLU
,
@PeterGleasonEsq
&
@lmcshanenydn
for their efforts in facilitating my receipt of this long overdue honor awarded to me by the NYPD over 50 years ago 👍🏽🙏
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Paying my respect.
She WOKE ME to Nature every morning and offered a cozy bed at night & Shelter in a storm. 🙏🏼
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This is the only man I hold responsible for my being shot. In his own words he knew I was a marked man. Instead of protecting me he put me in harms way.
Now he is heralded as NYPD reform commissioner. History is written and distorted by those in power.
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Unless I missed it the article neglected to mention I’ve been waiting 50+ yrs for the NYPD to issue me my authenticated Medal of Honor certificate and properly inscribed medal. So I’ll do it here.
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Premeditated murder.
He waited 12 years to get a heart transplant. He died after 2 days in jail without his meds. - NPR
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drums rolling 🥁🥁🥁
Including a 21 bubble wrap gun salute.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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Feb 3,1971 After being shot point blank by a dealer, I returned fire wounding him. My team did not call in officer down & left me bleeding to death. A tenant called 911
One police car responded & took me to the ER
Later “If I knew it was Serpico I would have left him to fester”
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50+ years and not one apology from the NYPD, New York’s Finest.
Instead they destroyed my official records in attempt to cover their worthless asses and blackened souls.
By their deeds you shall know them.
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Strange call from NYCLU yesterday they got a call from the mayors office saying if I could come down to NYC this a.m. for my Medal of Honor & Certificate, they would send a car,a 2hr ride, on such short notice I was able to attend They offered an option to deliver or mail it🙏
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The most egregious acts of corruption and abuse of power are by those in power and they will use everything within their power to silence, undermine, persecute and prosecute anyone who attempts to expose them. No exceptions.
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September 11, 1959
The beginning of my career in the NYPD
A rude awakening.
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Everywhere people are seeking justice in the courts of law but if the very judges are corrupt how are the people to ever to get justice ?
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I believe the time has come for me to jump off the police and politics hamster wheel that goes nowhere.
So I can find joy and appreciate the beauty in the simple things of life.
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Good morning world ☕️
Today’s my 53 B’day.
On 2/3/71, I was shot in the head & left for dead. The NYPD REJOICED. I saw my life in review & heard an almighty voice say,
“It’s all a lie” I saw the darkness separated from the light and my body laying in a pool of blood.
HALAYLUYAH
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C) yours truly
WHO WORE IT BETTER?
A) Billionaire cowpoke
B) Boss Godfrey in Cool Hand Luke
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I have just been informed that last night 3 retired NYPD detectives did a podcast in which one of them referred to Serpico as a Crooked narcotics cop” Does the feedback continue?
Excuse me while consult counsel.
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It has come to my attention that on the night I got shot by a drug dealer my NYPD colleagues, who asked me to “just get the door open” knew the suspect was armed and dangerous but withheld that information from me.
I was shot in the face and no 1013, officer down was called.
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I support and respect police officers that protect and serve the public but have no tolerance for thugs and cowards that abuse and disgrace the uniform for their own agenda.
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I had the honor and good fortune to get a call from Dan Ellsberg today. At 92 a radiant peaceful smile.
Bright & Alert as usual on the day he thought was supposed to be his last. A man of peace at peace with himself ☮️ ❤️🩹
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Despite their evil intentions
I lived another 52 years to inhale the fragrance of a moonflower in the morning. Mashallah !
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Made it to 85 today with a bullet in my head for 50+years
“A great deal of my life has been spent around grownups . . .
and that hasn't improved my opinion of them”
Gonna spend the day with my 4 legged & feathered neighbors
Catch you later on
@CredicoRandy
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Good Morning
Had a dream I went out for a cappuccino and the waiter thought I said Alpuccino. 🤣
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Who’s that lovely lady
She’s the only one who landed in my back yard in a helicopter 💜
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FANS may come and FANS may go
But this is the oldest reliable
FAN I ever had.
Keeping me COOL for over 50+years. 😉👍🏼😎
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If it’s a war crime to beat & kill an enemy who surrenders why isn’t it a crime for a cop to beat a suspect or criminal who surrenders.
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WARNING:
Exposing corruption can be dangerous for your health.
Retaliation, rejection, loss of livelihood and incarceration may result.
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Does anyone remember when FRIDAY meant fish for supper?
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Living the best years of my life
Free of pain or medication
at 85 with a bullet in my head.
Yes, I am beyond grateful.
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One of my birthday presents from Mother Nature.
A flowering dogwood high on a hillside. 🙏🏼❤️
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Thanks to
@lmcshanenydn
NYPD whistleblower Frank Serpico wants re-investigation of his 1971 shooting
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In my lifelong odyssey in pursuit of justice
This is the only thing that keeps me going and is my reward
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Remembering Malcolm X Assassinated: February 21, 1965, Audubon Ballroom
The NYPD were present and failed to protect him
He was 40 years old.
I remember it well.
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It’s been a great day and still things to do outside. Signing off early.
I wish to thank my Twitter family for all your good wishes. Wish I could share a slice of my Carrot-banana-walnut, cranberry raisin Birthday bread with you all. 👍🏽🙏😍🥰
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Does anyone remember when I planted a seed out of a lemon. My 3yr old lemon tree.
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I like this treatment better than the original Serpico
at least it made me laugh.
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
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I don’t think they approached me?
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Puzzle
If there are only a few bad eggs or apples in the police as they would have us believe
Why can’t the “overwhelming majority” fix it ?
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I just added this to Wikipedia;
“To date the NYPD has neglected to
Issue Serpico his Medal of Honor certificate with authentic NYPD Seal. Nor has the medal itself a proper designation as to his rank of Detective on back of said medal.”
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There are people sitting in asylums
That are saner than the people who
Put them there.
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Ever read this book.
Quite revealing about the guys in blue that were dealing in heroin
The same guys that called me a rat 🐀
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I’ve been told I shouldn’t joke around so much or people won’t take me serious.
1) W/O humor I wouldn’t have made it this far.
2) Do I really give a twit.
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I would like to say happy 4th but for the family of Jayland Walker slaughtered by Akron police w/ at least 60 rounds that would not be possible.
My condolences.
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IMO Corruption in the NYPD will never be resolved. It is mostly a family institution and it’s descendants will continue to carry on the traditions of their forefathers, as business as usual thanks to the blue wall of silence.
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Anyone find it at all odd that the new NYPD PC who speaks so glowingly of her department on Twitter and elsewhere has not uttered a congratulatory peep to serpico upon issuing him his Medal of Honor and certificate which she signed and dated 1/1/2022? The culture has not changed
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I am truly overwhelmed by all your caring & supportive tweets.
There may be some misunderstanding. I’m not planning on leaving just avoiding tweeting anything about police or politics.
Your cooperation will be much appreciated. 🙏🏼
I believe the time has come for me to jump off the police and politics hamster wheel that goes nowhere.
So I can find joy and appreciate the beauty in the simple things of life.
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I just received an email from 98 yr old retired NYPD Officer
still fighting a system he alleges screwed him
You may say why doesn’t he get on with his life?
Maybe it’s what keeps him going
PTSD is a bitch. You can’t understand how it works
Unless you’re one of it’s victims
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Opinion:
Not all cops who commit suicide by cop
Do it because of PTSD or the stress bs card. Some do it because of a guilty conscience or fear of being implicated and shamed.
Non of the cops who killed them selves in my day were clean. Sorry. That’s the sad truth. 💜
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Stacked me some wood today for next winter.
If I’m still around I may not have as much energy. Carpe diem but plan ahead. 🤗
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My day ended with a beautiful moon and a long phone call with a brother officer who unfortunately for the city of N Y is leaving the department. One of several black officers who thought they could change the culture from within. But the new administration has failed them.
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There’s a strange phenomena in the police hierarchy that enables thugs, sex offenders, racist and other corrupt behavior to flourish unobstructed while the good cops that expose it are quickly terminated, more often than not on trumped up charges.
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As a young buck in Korea feeling my oats (rice)
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Uvalde officer asked permission to shoot gunman outside school but got no answer, report finds
Like “Hey boss a psycho with an A/R just entered the school, should I engage or wait for a cop with balls and a brain?”
SMMFH
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So I baked some bread last night and it turned out to be a self portrait.
I’m saving it for my funeral mask. 🤣
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My Lady was working in the garden today in a garlic patch and unearthed this traveling Buddha
Haven’t a clue how it got there.
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Any body having pasta with tomato sauce today, a little vino 🙂🍝🍷🥖🥧☕️
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Too many people who become cops believe they are above the law and are entitled to more than their paycheck.
Abusing their office for their own benefit rather than the society’s
If they didn’t behave as such, then they would be entitled to our respect, support and gratitude.
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If there’s no police corruption, why do the bad guys get promoted while the good guys that expose them get the shaft🤔
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Does anyone in law enforcement know what it’s like to go on a drug bust with your partners,
Expecting them to have your back
But they don’t?
I do.
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I was a pre teen with a shoe shine box
When I saw a cop beat a black nanny sitting on a park bench with his club,
I felt helpless & ashamed.
At 85, I can still hear the sound, stick on bone
WHACK,WHACK
She didn’t utter a peep.
Maybe that’s why I became a cop.
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Whistle Blowing 101
For novices:
Whistle blowing on corruption
Doesn’t end it,
It just exposes it
and yourself to retribution.
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1970 That look says HTF did I end up in this f’king corrupt NYPD
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This is what you get when you file a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request from government sources.
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Tyre case explained :
The majority of cops believe that their uniform entitles them to be above the law and their subjects have to follow their orders w/o question or suffer the consequences. Unstable, insecure macho mentality must be weeded out. But the Blue Wall prevents it.
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I do not judge police officers by the uniform they wear nor people by their social standing, but by the content of their character. If I may, I would advise others to do likewise.
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Can Anybody out there in the REAL world imagine what it’s like for a DIRECTOR & an ACTOR giving THEIR half ass impression of you and you having to live the rest of your life with THEIR CREATION ?
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The REAL SERPICO is a fashion Icon.
His REAL FANS keep him cool 😎 🤣
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Thank you all for your thoughtfulness, caring and sharing.
Much appreciated and makes the journey all worthwhile.
I’d like to share another of life’s beautiful blessings with you today. 🙏🏼❤️
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Some lovely person gave me this beautiful painting after a lecture.
It’s unsigned and I’m embarrassed to say I don’t recall her name😿🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️
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A fine example of a time when some men took pride in there profession.
One delegate did this calligraphy for his unit’s members 👍🏽
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The NYPD hierarchy does not honor me for exposing corruption & giving them the opportunity to improve their image
They resent me for exposing it to the world
What’s the level of mentality in charge ?
One word tweet response if you can
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Sunset by the river
Miracles happening everyday.
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We may not be able to stop corruption or injustice
But the least we can do is expose it when we see it.
No one can stop it alone and it sure feels like you’re alone if you try.
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This sadly reminds me of one of NYPD’s most corrupt cop who said I’m a cop who’s gonna stop me.
Police need a powerful oversight board.
How Police Have Undermined the Promise of Body Cameras — ProPublica
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I know some people think
I should just shut up and go away
Myself included I must say
Some think there’s
something I should say
My self included
If I may.
I’m doing the best I can each day
In a peaceful way
Perchance a soul to sway
Who’s also tired of the fray
F. S.
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Merry Christmas morning 🎄
Hoping Santa filled your stockings
With an abundance of Peace, Love
and Joy. 🎄❤️🎁❤️
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