Bishop Orlando Findlayter
New York - A member of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s inaugural
committee and transition team was able skip a night in jail Monday evening
after being arrested in a traffic stop when the mayor called a top official
with the police.
As reported by The Wall Street Journal de Blasio endorser
Bishop Orlando Findlayter helped attain de Blasio’s support in the African
American community and was part of the mayor’s inaugural committee and
transition team.
Bishop Findlayter was pulled over by two NYPD officers at
11:21 p.m. on the corner of Clarkson Avenue and East 92nd Street in Brooklyn
Monday night. The officers stated the bishop did not use his turn signal when making
a left turn.
When the officer’s ran the bishop’s driver’s license two warrants
appeared from missed court dates in January stemming from an arrest at an
immigration reform protest in October.
The pastor of New Hope Christian Church in Queens was charged
Monday night with aggravated unlicensed operation of a vehicle in the third
degree and making an illegal left turn.
Typically, if a warrant is found during an arrest, suspects
are held until being taken to court.
Emails from the mayor’s office were sent to the NYPD Tuesday
morning. De Blasio also called Deputy Chief Royster to ask about the arrest.
Chief Royster said he did not ask for the bishop’s release.
De Blasio spokesman Phil Walzak stated that the call was to
get “clarification” that there had been an arrest.
NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis said the commanding officer of
67th precinct where the bishop was taken, Deputy Inspector Kenneth Lehr,
personally reviewed the arrest.
As court was closing at 1 a.m., Tuesday
morning, Deputy Inspector Lehr decided to let the bishop go home for the night
with the stipulation that the bishop would return to court the next day.
Bishop Findlayter did not appear in court on Tuesday
according to court officials.
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