One Verizon customer in Queens is suing Verizon (via Consumerist) after a call for technical support resulted in a beating. Verizon technician Robert Benjamin allegedly punched, then choked customer Aubrey Isakson after Isakson asked for identification. After taking several shots to the face and breaking his glasses, Isakson fled and fractured his ankle. Verizon tells the NY Post they have "zero tolerance for any sort of unethical or illegal behavior," but that they've kept the tech on staff because his "conduct has been blameless" in subsequent months and the tech was officially never charged with a crime. There was no charge because the DA's office offered the tech a deal if he stayed out of trouble for six months.
... to this story. You aren't going to beat someone because they asked for your ID and get deferred sentence. Not in any criminal court I've ever had the displeasure of being in. Wanna bet Isakson took the first swing and then cried victim?
