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November 14, 2007 - The New York City Police Department has launched an internal probe to investigate a raid on a Staten Island bar. In a video posted online, police officers wearing jackets decorated with the NYPD logo can be seen smashing gambling machines at the "Beer Goggles" bar and putting confiscated cash into their pockets.
No official determination has been made as to whether cops were simply doing their jobs during the Nov. 14, 2007, raid on Beer Goggles, a troubled bar on Staten Island, or if they had more sinister motives. But they told superiors things were done according to procedure.
One officer, who is bald and wearing an NYPD raid jacket, is seen counting cash - which sources said had been taken from the Joker Poker video game.
An undercover sergeant wearing a Yankee cap and dark jacket enters, and the bald cop hands him the stack of cash. He pulls off some bills, folds them and thrusts them into his pocket after handing back the rest - as another officer bashes the game with a sledgehammer.
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