no, he got total probation

and of course ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASSES. fuck that. the woman was brutally beaten by this thug. why? BECAUSE SHE WAS A BARTENDER AND SHE CUT HIM OFF. the evidence is as clear as a bell. see my original posting for the video (yes, it's ON VIDEO)


here

i wonder what it would have taken for abbate to do any time? murder? then what would he have gotten? 30 days?

and to judge fleming: in this case you shouldn't care about what or if OTHER PEOPLE drink or over drink. it's abbate that committed THIS particular crime. it's ABBATE THAT MUST PAY FOR THIS PARTICULAR CRIME. (NOT some other drunk sitting at home and not beating anyone up)

Cop taped beating Chicago bartender gets probation

By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer

CHICAGO (AP) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer convicted of pummeling a female bartender half his size was sentenced Tuesday to two years probation and anger management classes for the videotaped attack that appeared worldwide on the Internet and cable news channels.

Cook County Circuit Judge John Fleming also gave Anthony Abbate, 40, a home curfew of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and ordered him to perform 130 hours of community service.

"No one in recent memory ... has done more to tarnish the reputation of the Chicago Police Department than Anthony Abbate," Cook County Assistant State's Attorney LuAnn Snow said Tuesday.

Prosecutors had asked for prison for Abbate - he could have been sentenced to up to five years behind bars - but the judge said he didn't see aggravating factors to justify a prison term. The judge said Abbate had a clean record before the incident, did not seriously injure the bartender, and underwent alcohol rehab "and has not had a relapse."

"If I believed sentencing Anthony Abbate to prison would stop people from getting drunk and hitting people, I'd give him the maximum sentence," Fleming said...........

he was found GUILTY!

UPDATE FROM JUNE 23 2009: read it here: HE GOT TOTAL PROBATION



self defense my big fat ass. he claimed he was afraid for his life. he's twice her size (if not more). he's drunk out of his mind. he was 'defending his life' because she (the bartender) refused to serve him more. HE stepped behind the bar without authorization or permission.

i hope he does the whole nickle

Bartender beating: Cop convicted in attack of female bartender that was caught on videotape

Judge rejects officer's claims of self-defense

By Matthew Walberg |Tribune reporter
A Chicago police officer faces up to 5 years in prison after a judge Tuesday convicted him of aggravated battery for the infamous beating of a female bartender that was captured on videotape and aired widely.

Cook County Circuit Judge John J. Fleming rejected Officer Anthony Abbate's claims that he acted in self-defense while off duty in 2007 when he threw the bartender to the floor of a Northwest Side tavern and repeatedly punched and kicked her.

In testifying Tuesday, Abbate, who stands 6 foot 1 and weighs more than 250 pounds, contended he retaliated against the bartender, Karolina Obrycka, after she threw him into a shelf, causing him to hit his head. He had stepped behind the bar without permission at Jesse's Short Stop Inn.

"She tried to stop him, and she used reasonable force," Fleming said of Obrycka, who is 5 foot 3 and 125 pounds. "His own momentum, with a little help from Karolina Obrycka, caused the fall. But that did not justify his actions afterward, which were directly out of proportion."...........