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11th December 2011, 02:26 PM
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Orthodox Lawyer Suspended After Lying About Anti-Semitism
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Injecting anti-semitism into a traffic stop didn't work too well for Mel Gibson, (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/us/30gibson.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22jews%20are%20responsible%22%20gibson&st=cse) and one Queens lawyer who pulled a "reverse Gibson" on a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended from practicing law. Elliot Dear, an orthodox Jew, was pulled over for driving 84 mph in a 55 zone in 2007. The Post reports (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/lying_lawyer_slapped_rDH2jze7X5cOTtBfYh2xRM?CMP=OT C-rss&FEEDNAME=) that several days later, Dear sent the traffic court a letter claiming that the trooper called him a "Jew kike," and said "this prejudice obviously was the cause for the ticket." But Dear didn't expect the conversation to be recorded.
The trooper was in fact wearing a recording device, and the police vehicle also caught the stop on tape by a dashboard camera, so the Internal Affairs Bureau was able to determine that Dear was lying. A panel of judges suspended Dear from practicing for six months, and hopefully ordered him to watch What Women Want (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207201/) twenty nine times, one viewing for each mile-an-hour he drove over the limit.
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http://gothamist.com/2011/12/10/orthodox_queens_lawyer_suspended_af.php
Orthodox Lawyer Suspended After Lying About Anti-Semitism
http://gothamist.com/attachments/nyc_chrisrobbins/121011lawyer.jpg
Injecting anti-semitism into a traffic stop didn't work too well for Mel Gibson, (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/30/us/30gibson.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=%22jews%20are%20responsible%22%20gibson&st=cse) and one Queens lawyer who pulled a "reverse Gibson" on a New Jersey state trooper has been suspended from practicing law. Elliot Dear, an orthodox Jew, was pulled over for driving 84 mph in a 55 zone in 2007. The Post reports (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/lying_lawyer_slapped_rDH2jze7X5cOTtBfYh2xRM?CMP=OT C-rss&FEEDNAME=) that several days later, Dear sent the traffic court a letter claiming that the trooper called him a "Jew kike," and said "this prejudice obviously was the cause for the ticket." But Dear didn't expect the conversation to be recorded.
The trooper was in fact wearing a recording device, and the police vehicle also caught the stop on tape by a dashboard camera, so the Internal Affairs Bureau was able to determine that Dear was lying. A panel of judges suspended Dear from practicing for six months, and hopefully ordered him to watch What Women Want (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0207201/) twenty nine times, one viewing for each mile-an-hour he drove over the limit.
Contact the author (http://gothamist.com/staff.php) of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
http://gothamist.com/2011/12/10/orthodox_queens_lawyer_suspended_af.php