Jeez. Where do I start.
Spota is the former Suffolk County district attorney during the LISK case. Spota and a few others are indicted by the feds for obstruction and tampering and lying to cover up for James Burke (who is the former police chief of Suffolk County Police Department during the LISK case).
Background on the cover up: James Burke (Suffolk County Police former Chief) has his unmarked police vehicle broken into. A man by the name of Christopher Loeb stole his gun belt and a bag of sex toys from his patrol car.
PS: Were the sex toys of the Gambino variety?
They caught Loeb and took him to the 4th precinct. Handcuffed and shackled him to the floor and Burke severely beat him during an interrogation. Burke was convicted of a civil rights violation and sentenced to 43 months in federal prison.
Spota and Burke were close. Burke asked people within the department to help cover it up to prevent Burke from being indicted.
I don’t know why everyone is making a huge deal of it. I just know these indictments may give us LISK leverage because they may not have done the killing they thwarted all federal attempts at assisting in this case and withheld evidence to protect someone or something. We don't know, we need to lock a few up and make them talk. I just know that the feds weren't happy about being left in the dark on the case. Their suspicious behavior is enough to know that there is a cover up in the LISK case, too. We need to know what other activities they engaged in that would make them inclined to conceal something. Now they're under penalty of perjury if they don't start telling the truth. Either way this proves a pattern of departmental misconduct, corruption and obstruction.
I know if this were my ”James Burke police department” and the feds did something about it that I would probably be freaking out like Hawkshaw is. I can't blame him.
Here are the indictments:
Spota Indictment, direct link to pdf
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/press-release/file/1006401/download
James Burke indictment
Former Suffolk County Police Chief Sentenced To 46 Months In Prison For Assault And Obstruction Of Justice