By Shirley N Lew
AsAmNews New York Correspondent
Ex-New York Police Department Officer Wojciech Braszczok turned himself over to authorities to begin his two year sentence for the biker road rage in 2013 that left Alexian Lien brutally battered and his family fearing for their lives.
I arrived early at the NY Supreme Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan today and found courtroom 733 still locked. As I turned to find a seat on a bench right outside of the courtroom doors, Â I noticed Braszczok with a short beard sitting alone. No friends and family surrounded him for any emotional support. In his Nike sneakers, khaki pants and gray hoody he sat there staring down at his lap. I approached him to see if he’d answer any questions. He looked up at me and shook his head and looked back down. Â His demeanor was of sadness and gloom.
The court room doors opened approximately 9:30 a.m. and Braszczok took a seat at the last row where he continued to hang his head. I noticed no other press in the courtroom, neither Braszczok’s or Lien’s family or friends arrived later. Just me, possibly the only one that was interested in this case today.
In God We Trust says the words above the judge’s podium. Will Braszczok trust his god? And for what? Inner peace? Self-healing? Does he believe in a god? What’s going through his mind right now?
Braszczok’s lawyer, John Arlia , finally showed up at 10:20 a.m. and gave his client a pat on the back. They both exited the courtroom to talk.
At 10:37 a.m. Braszczok’s case was finally up. Arlia and a lawyer from the district attorney’s office approached the bench of Judge Maxwell Wiley. After stepping back from the bench in the large echoey courtroom, Arlia spoke before the court. It sounded like he was requesting a different prison for his client, but I could not make what he said clearly. I tried to confirm that with him outside the courtroom. See the video
Lawyer Arlia in court hallway on day his client, ex-NYPD officer Wojciech Braszczok starts 2 yr sentence. from Video Girl on Vimeo.
He said Braszczok was not appealing, but will accept his sentence. Â As soon as he was done speaking, Braszczok stood up, was handcuffed and escorted out. Â He never said a word to the court. There he went to start a life in prison.
What are your thoughts on his sentence?
re: Ex-NYPD Cop Wojciech Braszczok in Biker Road Rage Starts Two Year Sentence: Pretty short sentence for what he did.
RE: Ex-NYPD Cop Wojciech Braszczok in Biker Road Rage Starts Two Year Sentence: What is got was a slap on the wrist. The Lien family was terrorized, they have to live with the memory of what happened. This ex-cop is now out of NYPD. Good riddance.
RE: Ex-NYPD Cop Wojciech Braszczok in Biker Road Rage Starts Two Year Sentence: Within that two year period I hope he gets (over and over) what he really deserves from the inside the prison walls and from fellow inmates who hate cops.