[ April 25, 2024 ]
Why is the NYPD being so unforthcoming about this case? Do they think that telling the truth about a cop killed by Muslims will enrage the Muslims of the city? Do they think that telling the truth about a cop killed by the Nation of Islam will inflame racial tensions in the city? Or is it that Mayor de Blasio is so anxious to appease such groups, and so politically beholden to them, that he doesn’t want any news coming out that will make them look bad?
“The NYPD must let out the truth about an unsolved cop-killing,” by Randy Jurgensen, New York Daily News, April 14, 2018:
Forty-six years ago today, an NYPD cop named Phillip Cardillo was gunned down inside a Nation of Islam mosque in Harlem. No one ever served a day in jail for the crime. And for 46 years, the NYPD has been withholding evidence in his murder case from the public. It’s time they come clean.
Story continues below advertisementI’m not the only one leveling that charge. Decades ago, a special prosecutor found that there had been “a concerted and orchestrated effort” by members of the NYPD to impede the Cardillo murder investigation, including withholding a secret report on the case — the so-called Blue Book — from the department’s own investigators.
In March, the watchdog group Judicial Watch sued the NYPD in a New York courtroom for failing to produce records in the case. The NYPD won’t release investigative files, a promised report and an audio tape, preposterously claiming an investigation is still “active and ongoing.”
Why would the NYPD cover up evidence in a cop killing?
It pains me to criticize law enforcement. I’ve been a loyal member of the NYPD, active and retired, for almost 60 years. I was a pretty good detective. I helped send five cop- killers to jail — a record, I think. But it’s the one that got away that haunts me.
The climate in the early 1970s, when this terrible crime happened, was awful. Terrorists with groups like the Black Liberation Army, the FALN, the Weather Underground and the Black Panthers were killing cops and bombing civilians. Illegal drugs and murders were through the roof.
The day Cardillo was gunned down, on April 14, 1972, I was at the mosque where it happened . Cardillo and his partner had responded to an emergency “10-13” call. A 10-13 is every cop’s worst nightmare: officer in distress. The 10-13 caller said he was “Detective Thomas” and he was trapped on the second floor of an address that turned out to be the mosque.
It turned out “Detective Thomas” was a fake.
Cardillo and his partner were first on the scene, racing into the mosque. The big steel doors slammed behind them. Men came rushing down the stairs shouting “Allahu Akbar!” A terrible battle ensued. Cardillo’s gun was taken from him and he was shot.
Outside the mosque, a riot began to develop. Mosque leader Louis Farrakhan emerged from his third-floor office to protest the police presence. Black cops were separated from white cops — a huge blow to police morale — as police brass feared racial unrest.
Inside the mosque, suspects were released. The crime scene was abandoned. Evidence vanished.
The mayor and police commissioner ran away from the case, not attending Cardillo’s funeral. A half-hearted initial police investigation came up with nothing.
One year later, after a public outcry, the case was handed to me. I arrested a suspect, but we had no crime-scene evidence and we didn’t know about the Blue Book, which contained significant evidence and leads. The suspect was acquitted.
In 2007, I published a book about the Cardillo killing, “Circle of Six.” Then-Police Commissioner Ray Kelly read the book and instructed the Major Case Squad to re-open the investigation; they gave me a desk and I went to work.
In 2008, during the investigation, I turned over my case records and my copy of the 10-13 tape to the NYPD. Now they refuse to give it back. They claim they can’t find the 10-13 tape.
I want to put the tape out to the public. Maybe, even after all these years, someone will recognize the voice of “Detective Thomas.” I want independent analysts and journalists to be able to see the entire case file. Maybe fresh eyes will come up with something new.
The NYPD is not turning over anything. They say they do not have to make anything public, as it may harm an ongoing investigation.
The facts contradict that claim, I’m sad to say. There is no investigation….
The Truth Must be Told
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36 Comments
6 years ago
At the same time, anyone with any involvement in that incident other than Louis Farrakhan is likely dead by now.
6 years ago
Rest in peace. 🙁
6 years ago
Sounds like NYPD may have set it up.
6 years ago
It is very necessary that contrary to islam, the truth is presented in whatever form it comes in. Living the lies of islam, pretending that it is everything it isn’t has lead to the brink of disaster that we are at.
6 years ago
This was around the same time when the Nation of Islam thugs were targeting and murdering whites in California s Zebra Killings where over 70 whites were murdered state wide. There were also other NOI murders in Nevada and Oklahoma:
http://nicholasstixuncensored.blogspot.com/2018/03/lest-we-forget-remembering-zebra.html
6 years ago
This case makes me sick to my stomach. I have high stakes in the integrity of NYPD.
My only son is an NYPD cop and I pray for his well being and safety every day. To think this is how little NYPD values the lives of their cops for the sake of political correctness is abhorrent!!
5 years ago
Islam! The most dangerous and murderous cult the world has ever known!
5 years ago
Why wasn’t a copy of the 10-30 tape kept by the Officer who handed it over to the NYPD?
6 years ago
Reply to
Cai
Have wondered why the Officer did not make a duplicate before handing the original over to the NYPD.
5 years ago
WHY AND HOW WAS IT COVERED UP ??? 98% OF THE MOSQUE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE FUNDED BY SAUDI ARABIAN WAHHABIST IT WOULDN’T BE BEYOND REASON TO ASSUME THAT THE SAUDIS PAID SOMEONE OR SOMEONES IN NEW YORK CITY’S GOVERNMENT TO DROP THE INVESTIGATION INTO A BLACK HOLE . A GOOD PRACTICE TO GET INTO IS TO NEVER, EVER TRUST A MOSLEM , NEVER !!!!! IF YOU DO EVENTUALLY YOU’LL REGRET IT PROBABLY WITH YOUR LIFE .
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5 years ago
Who would hand over a tape to anyone without first making a copy? Preferably in the presence of an attorney.
6 years ago
Thanks for posting this! That young man died for nothing. Getting murdered by a bunch of feral goons.
6 years ago
Reply to
Daiseymae
They are equal opportunity killers. They don’t even spare christian aid workers in America who help settle them http://bit.ly/2rr9tGh
No other immigrant groups are so ungrateful as jihadis.
6 years ago
Reply to
Daiseymae
maybe he provoked the muslims when he refused to quit his shoes in the mosque. it’s already islamic land so he was shot dead, a logical outcome. anyway it’s a thing of the past now. life goes on, a beautiful future of coexistance with muslims is upon us. Lessons to learn:
1: don’t provoke muslims if you know what’s good for you
2: accept muslim demands peacefully or they will radicalize
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
What a stupid reply. Typical mooslime crap: He didn’t remove his shoes, so kill him! That alone says so much about the filthy, nasty cult called islam!
D
5 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
It appears you were whelped from a SWINE that fornicated a Goat.
3 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
Your conclusions are extraordinarily ridiculous. In the USA, a very different reality will await anyone who thinks they have a right to harm another person who “provokes” them. How infantile and barbaric a concept! It is repugnant beyond imagining.
6 years ago
Horrible and this was back in 1972?
WOW!
I guess you can NOT trust the police…FBI, CIA etc….
6 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
If I read the story right it sounds like the NYPD line staff can’t trust the brass. Nothing new…
6 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
Nothing has changed in 100’s of years, its just dressed up differently to deceive.
6 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
No different today in NY still covering for the religion of peace! Corrupt in 1972 as today!
5 years ago
Anyone interested in seeing those case files only need make a freedom of information request.
5 years ago
Did I read that right? The Mayor and Police Commissioner did not attend Cardillo’s funeral??? If I was a cop, I would have QUIT on the spot and left town.
The whole read SMACKS of total corruption, cowardice and EVIL! And giving in to Moslems and Negroes.
5 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
typical america! heck you even kill your presidents and put blame on someone else.
5 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
typical america! heck you even kill your presidents and put blame on someone else.
6 years ago
Reply to
Alleged-Comment
So protecting the Muslims have gone on for a long time. This case screams for PROSECUTION!! Where is Cardillo’s family? If he were my son, husband or father I would have put enormous pressure on NYPD and the Mayor’s office. They would have seen me wherever they went.
The relatives should have been contacting every newspaper. I don’t get it. Something stinks ???? bad.
6 years ago
The resolution to this case will never see the light of day, for reasons that are as sensitive today, as they were in 1972. The only reason the case was allowed to ‘re-open’ was to gather what loose ends were still outstanding (the ’10-13 tape’) and ensure they are never used in any investigation, trial, etc. Some people in high places STILL don’t want this to go forward.
6 years ago
I am so glad I live in this SHITHOLE South Africa and not the SHITHOLE USA
D
5 years ago
It’s with absolute certainty a Democrat or Democrats are involved with this cover up. In any event, any and all involved should be given DEATH by hanging in Times Square.
“BLUE LIVES MATTER”
6 years ago
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