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		</div><h1><span style="color:#4a0909;"><strong>Two NYPD officers are charged with &#8216;dragging a postman onto a sidewalk and beating him because he unknowingly gave directions to a man who later killed two cops&#8217;, lawyers say </strong></span></h1>
<h1><span style="color:#4a0909;"><strong>&#8230;Karim Baker, 26, gave directions to a man he did not know<br />
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<h5>Karim Baker, 26, (pictured) was allegedly beaten by two NYPD detectives after he unknowingly gave directions to a man who killed two officers in 2014</h5>
<p>Two officers are charged with the beating of a uniformed postal worker<br />
Detectives Angelo Pampena, 31, and Robert Carbone, 29, were arraigned on Wednesday and could face up to seven years in prison if convicted<br />
Karim Baker, 26, gave directions to a man he did not know in October 2014<br />
The man, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, later murdered two officers and killed himself<br />
Baker said he felt harassed by police ever since the 10-second encounter.<br />
Two New York Police Department detectives are charged with assaulting a uniformed postal worker who they knew had given street directions to a stranger who later killed two policemen in 2014.<br />
Detectives Angelo Pampena, 31, and Robert Carbone, 29, were arraigned Wednesday in Queens for allegedly beating Karim Baker, 26, in October of last year.<br />
Pampena is a nine-year veteran with the NYPD and Carbone is a eight-year veteran.<br />
The two had been assigned the NYPD&#8217;s Patrol Boro Queens North Gang Unit but are now facing a five-count indictment, ABC 7 reported.<br />
Karim had gotten into his car October 21, 2015, when the detectives punched, kicked and dragged him onto the sidewalk, prosecutors said.<br />
Pampena filed a sworn criminal complaint alleging Baker was parked in front of a fire hydrant.<br />
But video evidence shows the vehicle was parked more than 15 feet away from the hydrant, prosecutors said.<br />
Pampena is charged with second- and third-degree assault, second-degree perjury, first-degree offering a false instrument for filing and official misconduct.<br />
Carbone is charged with second- and third-degree assault.<br />
Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos were killed on December 20, 2014 — shot at point-blank range through their cruiser window by Ismaaiyl Brinsley.<br />
Brinsley, who killed himself with the same weapon, had posted on Instagram that he wanted to put &#8216;wings on pigs&#8217; and referenced Eric Garner, whose police chokehold death led to protests against the NYPD.<br />
Karim appeared on security footage giving Brinsley directions to two housing projects.<br />
It&#8217;s not clear how much time elapsed between the directions and the slayings.</p>
<h5><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13619" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/335f87d600000578-3550293-image-m-36_1461179064552.jpg" alt="335f87d600000578-3550293-image-m-36_1461179064552" width="306" height="408" /><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13621" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/335f87ce00000578-3550293-image-a-37_1461179071762.jpg" alt="335f87ce00000578-3550293-image-a-37_1461179071762" width="306" height="408" /></strong><br />
<strong>Officers Rafael Ramos (left) and Wenjian Liu (right) were killed by Ismaaiyl Brinsley on December 20, 2014 after Karim gave him directions</strong></h5>
<p>&#8216;The entire conversation lasted about 10 seconds.<br />
&#8216;Mr. Baker gave him directions and they parted their separate ways,&#8217; his lawyer, Eric Subin, said in November.<br />
After that, Baker was questioned and then &#8216;systematically harassed&#8217; by police — including officers lurking around him and his family and about 20 traffic stops in nine months, Subin said.<br />
&#8216;I have no hate toward police officers at all. That&#8217;s who I call when I need help. I&#8217;m just hurt,&#8217; Baker said at the time.<br />
The two officers, who were previously assigned to an anti-gang unit, were released to await their next court appearance June 27.|If convicted, both defendants face up to seven years in prison.</p>
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Extrajudicial law enforcement: NYPD officers are charged with playing judge and jury in the beating of uniformed postman
