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Editor's Notes  Drunk is No Excuse for This  June 05, 2009  | 
by - Also by this author  Two years ago a surveillance camera in
a Chicago bar. captured one of the most disgusting videos I have
ever seen. It's disgusting because of what happens in the video
and because of the dishonor it inflicts on all law enforcement
officers. Hell, it dishonors humanity.  You know this video.
You've seen it before. It shows a 12-year veteran Chicago cop-
who was off duty at the time-beating the mess out of a young
female bartender.   In the video, Obrycka tries to cut off the
alcohol flow to a drunken Abbate. Then Abbate decides to go
behind the bar probably to pour his own drinks. Words are
exchanged between the two and the bartender tries to shove
Abbate out from behind the bar.  What happens next is nothing
short of Cro-Magnon behavior by Abbate. He slams Obrycka to the
floor and proceeds to punch a