Three Years for a Cooler Toss
NYPD Sergeant headed to prison for a manslaughter conviction:
A former NYPD sergeant was slapped with at least three years behind bars Thursday for killing a fleeing drug suspect by chucking a cooler at him — as police advocates ripped the Bronx judge’s sentencing decision as “one of the darkest days in the history of our profession.”
Ex-Sgt. Erik Duran — the first NYPD officer convicted of killing someone while on duty in a decade — begged Judge Guy Mitchell to give him “a chance” as he apologized to the family of 30-year-old Eric Duprey, a delivery driver with a criminal record who crashed as he fled arrest during a 2023 sting operation.
“Your honor, I am asking for a chance to be there with my kids. I am asking for a chance, just one,” pleaded Duran, a 38-year-old married dad of three who served on the police force for 13 years.
But while the judge conceded that he did find Duran to be “remorseful,” he argued the sentence of 3-to-9 years in state prison would serve as a “general deterrent” to other police officers.
The "deterrence" is going to be even more police disengagement across New York City at a time when they can ill afford it.
Was this a smart move? No, not really.
But was there an intent to use the cooler as "deadly force"? Not even close. The sergeant was just trying to trip up a fleeing felon who was driving a motorbike ON THE SIDEWALK in an attempt to flee a felony drug charge.
Reversible judicial error? Perhaps. But we also might not have put our trust in the bench trial, especially after New Yorkers proved themselves somewhat sane (and growing intolerant of lib-tarded policy) after acquitting the former-Marine of killing that psychotic homeless asshole who was threatening subway riders.
Going to rough in the meantime.
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posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
79 Comments:
wtf
It’s only a job. If the politicians want you to do nothing or go about it half @$$ backwards then that’s what you do.
Nothing more, nothing less!
Kids on teams around the city won’t change. They’ll still do foot chases for criminal trespass. 81 teams are the dumbest. Tac teams are not much better.
Sad! Give them what they want. I guess they didn’t want the bad guy caught. The Sgt lost his pension, livelihood and his freedom. Maybe even his family. Think about that next time you’re out there working. The extra little bit comes at a high price for the good guys!
That's why I only throw root beer's ...coolers will get you hard time.
Why even bother………. Just ain’t worth it.
Lesson learned, never throw a cooler at a fleeing subject. It will not be tolerated. Yup, three years is enough of a deterrent, even from NY. Who knows what a jury here might come back with or one of those puke liberal CC judges would decide.
What a bunch of horse shit! The parents should be charged for the mutt’s death for failing to teach the mutt that there are consequences for criminal activity. Evidently the pos didn’t fall far from the asshole of the incompetent parents who raised him.
One word NYPD:
F - E - T - A - L
Let the bastard city burn.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DW7jYhnDE0R/?igsh=MTFhb293dWs4ZWNjaQ==
Fuck New York, let it burn. The mayor will let it turn into a muzzie haven, like the UK. Then the reality will set in as they try to destroy America. Let it burn let the liberals feel what it is like to embrace the enemy.
What the sergeant did definitely wasn’t a smart move, but
If it was a regular citizen or illegal who committed that same offense, I’m willing to bet that offender wouldn’t serve any prison time. Probably House arrest and or probation.
“ NYPD-hating lunatic judge’s outrageous sentence in Bronx ‘cooler cop’ case is judicial abuse”
By Post Editorial Board
Published April 9, 2026, 7:53 p.m. From opinion page at nypost.com
He should have left this country.
There’s no point in trying to police Democrat shithole blue states. Let them have it. You’re crazy.
Dammmm....That could have been a hell of a Yeti cooler commercial
Anyone remember those ....Dwarf tossing nights at bars in the 70's....
My how times change.
More insanity “see something do nothing” keep your job,freedom,assets family! Also never a former Marine always a Marine,
This is a PERFECT example of ANARCHO-TYRANNY.
When they refuse to control the real criminals... that's the ANARCHY.
When they do control the innocent...that's the tyranny!
Am totally disgusted. Deterrent? That judge should be sent to prison. I'm so sick of reading about our brave injured, murdered, abused, and in jail. JVD all over again. Let NY rot in crime.
Never forget which criminal organization pushed for prosecution and which criminal racist was behind this even going to trial.
This is terrible!!!
Stay out of blue states.
Someone get a letter to POTUS. This Sgt. was doing his job. And the drug dealer was doing his job. You sent the Sgt. out to arrest this dealer. Get this man out of custody. Or you will never have another police officer try to stop a criminal in New York City?
100% and it will happen and I can't wait for all the liberal and democrat tears to start..... hahaha
NYC is nutz.
There is or was a war on drugs and Fentanyl. Where the US military was using rockets launched at speed boats traveling to the USA. These boats sank with most all hands. And that is considered legal by most law enforcement branches. The courts gave him 3 years but that tells other officers do not try to catch the offenders? And the courts did not give the Sgt. the credit he may have saved lives by stopping this drug dealer? NYPD fired him. But incarceration is not the answer or a deterrent. Any officer struggling with an offender could die. But the courts gave no consideration to this fact. Fleeing an arrest escalated the offense. Along with the possibility of death! I cannot wait to see this in appeal?
It's not a federal crime so POTUS can't get him out
re: "Never forget which criminal organization pushed for prosecution"
The name Letitia James is in the story - so its her (DA's) office ... does that name look familiar?
Every officer with less than 5 years should be forced to read this article. The next time you decide to do an unauthorized vehicle chase or a 100 other dumb things you rookies do on a daily basis just reference this article. They don’t want us doing anything anymore!! Come to work, do nothing and leave. It’s a simple concept these days. No one cares anymore give these democratic leaders what they want, anarchy. Let these democratic cities burn.
1000000% it’s just a JOB. A means to live life how you want outside of the job. Way too many people let this job define them.
Lady flagged us down the other day said help us someone stole my car. I said what do you want me to do??? I said go to the district file a report for the insurance. She said you’re not gonna go look for it, uhhh no ma’am.
And if at the end of the block, this guy tiding the e bike at 20 or 30 mph had hit and killed a kid or elderly person the cops would be sued and asked why they had not stopped this mutt. You can't win.
I’m sorry but it’s not he pulled a Wiley Coyote and pushed a refrigerator over a cliff. What person would anticipate tossing a plastic cooler would result in death? Firing a gun, sure but that?
We did it in 014 at the Tropica nightclub in the 90 and 2000's. It was fantastic. It's still done in social clubs in Bridgeport.
WTF...but I've said it before and I'll say it again. The judges, politicians and media in blue-cities like NYC (and Chicago) are active criminal conspirators. No different than getaway drivers or gang leaders. They don't pull the trigger but actively assist their accomplices escape justice and punish those that try to fight back. We are up against a powerful criminal organization way above our paygrade. Far-left Democrat socialists. Give them nothing. (And if you are are still writing parkers, blue cards and bringing in arrests and DUIs...anything below a Part I offense...you are part of the problem as well.)
F.E.T.A.L.
Do nothing. Drive around, wave, laugh, keep going.
Nothing until the cop is out and this travesty reversed. Judge impeached and put in prison.
this is absolutely sickening, judge is a racist, cops are criminals and criminals are babied.
agree that comment alone from the judge should have him removed from the bench and a mistrial
Police work and chasing criminals is done! I'm glad to retire on 15 APR!
Stay safe, 19-Paul it all, fuck the Democrats and this shithole of a blue city and President Trump is right about that fact, get to retirement land and move from Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois, if possible!
I want this miscarriage of justice reversed as well, but there’s 2 problems with your comment.
First of all, it’s a state charge no federal so POTUS has no say so.
Second, the idea that NYC Officers will unite and refuse stop any criminals because of this, is a nice.but unrealistic sentiment. There’s no unity there just as we have no unity here. Everyone is out for themselves and can’t see the big picture and do what’s needed to effect change. That’s why the nfl continues to spit in our faces by playing the “black National anthem” and injecting tranny cheerleaders….
Directly and at that instant, the SGT was protecting his Men.
Indirectly, he was protecting the entire City from this Lawless “ Member of the Community”.
SGT did NOTHING wrong.
And go where?! No one can afford to live in Europe, & Mexico is a garbage-strewn beach run by Cartels.
The sarge was sentenced to 9 years by judge!!!!
Utter horseshit. Softball judge/and or jury. Appeal, Appeal, appeal.
Drive around, write reports, take no aggressive police action(s), and collect a check. Best thing you can say to a fleeing suspect, "Have a nice day!"
Hell no. Don’t remember dwarf tossing. Oh wait, you must be a lib. I do remember MIDGET throwing. Never, ever, called them dwarfs. Those were left for Snow White.
That Sgt should get a medal for using his available resources to fight crime. Talk about a railroad job.
Marxist judges are not friendly towards the police
How about that someone is you. Why don’t you write that letter and let us know what happens.
This judge verbalized his personal values & should be held to the same standard as anybody who is under the umbrella of law enforcement.
If one decision by the Sgt did not end as intended and resulted in
the loss of his job, pension & freedom the same should be delivered
upon the judge.
trump can pardon state charges …. move on that’s why you don’t throw coolers for a low ball narcotic arrest, nypd guys say this guy was a clown
Real police 🚔
Heard this morning on news. What crap!
The judge should be ticketed for going 31 in a 30! Total PRICK!!!!!!!!
Aside: 5 worst places to retire! https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UFBf7ZEFT1M
The same judge…….
He pummeled a 69-year-old man to his deathbed, yet Branlee Gonzalez — 19 at the time of the crime — was set to get no prison time and a clean adult record, thanks to Manhattan Judge Guy Mitchell.
SEE ALSO
Branlee Gonzalez
Judge rescinds no-jail deal for teen accused in deadly beatdown
But Mitchell blinked after The Post got on the story. To the defense’s consternation, the judge in court Monday stuck with his offer of “youthful offender” status — but said he’d impose a sentence of 1 ¹/₃ to four years in prison if Gonzalez pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. That would mean he could be out in nine months.
Youthful offender status leaves the perp with no criminal record, so he needn’t reveal a conviction on work or college applications and can even hold public office.
Court records show the judge (a de Blasio appointee) in June indicated he was leaning to the no-prison sentence and bought Gonzalez’s claim to be done with gang membership. (He’s reputedly a “Gorilla Stones” associate.)
Note that Gonzalez actually beat two men in that 3:30 a.m. assault on Sherman Avenue in Inwood, though his 39-year-old victim suffered less-serious injuries. What set him off? Catcalls at his cousin.
And while Gonzalez turned himself in a few days after the attack, it was also after video of the crime had gone viral and was likely to get him caught anyway.
Mercy certainly has its place in court, but so does justice — including justice for Lucio Bravo, who died five days after the beating.
Which should require something a lot closer to what Assistant District Attorney Sarah Marquez asked for: at least 10 years behind bars, plus five years’ probation.
Empire State law has been turning markedly softer on younger criminals, driven in part by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s theories that under-21s’ brains are still developing. Even so, Judge Mitchell seems bent on setting a new low.
Agreed!!!
Roller derby was also good. I loved watching these broads knock the shit out of each other.
Wyoming is a good place
Thats true but also wrong is many ways. For some its just like working at Walmart' and -it shows , medical abuse , laziness just skirting by not trying to learn anything. never studying etc. For some its somewhere in the middle. and For others its a career and a calling. Its becomes part of your identity and your life. Having said that, the politics and the way its been going is ruining it; its going to end up being a job along the lines of Walmart, its a shame.
Confucius say. Don’t try to cool down hot pursuit!!
true dat
Heard COPA and BIA is cracking down on abusive / Swearing behavior towards Offenders......aka tightening the screws on law enforcement
Midget club bar 63rd and Pulaski in late 60s. Little bar,little stools,little bartenders and little broads. Full size beers though,and they served us giants in high school. Boomers rocked ,Gen z live in their jammies and play with dolls lol.
You can’t be serious.The entire judicial system is a complete joke.
O Sullivans at grand and Halsted had the midget tossing game.
that's right you cant win even when your right so don't play the game, fuck them, do nothing
100%
Reminds me of Joe Boriff from the old 019 throwing rocks at offender in the river to get him out..lol
Midget bar was actually on 55/Pulaski not 63rd. It’s more so on the corner of Komensky. It’s a Chinese restaurant now.
Joe was one of the good foot officers from the old days. He knew how to reduce paperwork and shag bums and thieves if you know what I mean. G-d bless ya Joe
I’m Officer Walmart.
should have been a not guilty, that's as bad as the copper that got time in the st,george incident
No excuse for it. Maybe yelling get your fucking hands up when arresting an active resister. But no excuse to trade insults with someone in the backseat or in lockup. No excuse to cuss someone out after they’re in handcuffs. Be better than them. Your superior, so be superior.
Good answer.
Anyone who usually says this job was a calling is usually a terrible, douche bag copper… unless you built a company from the ground up then it’ll always just be a job and if that becomes a part of your whole identity then you have a sad life
It was def on 63rd street next to where the library is now, very easy look up
Jvd, give me a break, guy got lucky he only got 7 years. He would be looking at life today. Because his goofy actions, cpd ended up with consent decree
Amen to that. Somewhat OT but in keeping with your comment, they also want the new head of DCFS in NYC to quit "targeting black families". "Advocates" state that black kids are more likely to end up in foster care, so that must mean the DCFS is racist, right? It has nothing to do with the way black single moms take care of their kids - letting their current boyfriend "babysit" (with the kid ending up in the hospital or dead from abuse), letting them run the streets at midnight, ditch school, shoplift at the local bodegas and all of the other "hood rat" behaviors.
IMO in these situations it's best to publicly ID, shame the anti Police, pro criminal judge, judges that do this:
Please include strict warnings not to do anything violent, illegal but yes, these evil, terrible, traitor/enemy Libtard, anti Police, pro Criminal judges should be outed, exposed - their neighbors, private club board members should be notified exactly what they did/do.
Don't let them hide in anonymity , go to Yankee games in the box seats, wine and dine in extreme luxury while honest police officers are railroaded and the Bronx NYC, Chicago, Portland, Minneapolis etc descend in to 3rd world barbarism.
Leftists Communists BLM, Antifa do this to us, we should do this to them in a fair, responsible way.
JR
Guy was hitting 30 MPH on the sidewalk, right towards a group of people - officers and others. Thank God the officer made a move. Not his fault that the idiot bonked himself. Coulda stopped.
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