Matthew McDermottĪs a result, New York - home to the UN General Assembly and 117 diplomatic missions - regularly witnesses dirty diplomats getting off the hook for shocking crimes.
“The State Department doesn’t always prioritize the city’s concern for safety above politics,” said Linda Wayner, a former general counsel to the Mayor’s Office for International Affairs. The most the United States can do is ask their home country to waive immunity - which almost never transpires - or kick them out, which the feds aren’t always willing to do, according to a former city attorney. “They can literally get away with murder,” said Peter Spiro, a professor of international law at Temple.Įven if a diplomat stands in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoots somebody, the cops can’t charge them, he said. The rule, part of an international treaty dating to the 1960s, means diplomats can’t be arrested or sued in their host country - no matter what they do. He is the latest in a long line of diplomats in New York to use the privilege to get out of serious trouble, including wife-beating and even injuring cops. “How is it this guy gets a ‘Get out of jail free’ card?”
“Everyone is infuriated,” fumed a Bar None bartender. So the mid-level Sudanese attaché escaped with no charges, no court date and no consequences. But Hassan Salih, 36, had the ultimate free pass: diplomatic immunity. He even tried to run when the cops showed up.įor any other perp, that would have led to an arrest and up to a year in prison. It’s a sleazy scenario that plays out in bars and clubs across the Big Apple: Everybody’s having a great time until some creep just can’t keep his hands to himself.īut early Sunday at Bar None - a Third Avenue dive in the East Village where NYU co-eds squeeze in every weekend to chug cheap Bud and dance to ’90s rock - one of these guys would finally face the consequences.Ī creep put his paws all over an unwitting young woman’s boobs and backside, she said, and the victim immediately reported the sleazy moves to a bouncer.įrom there, the bar did everything right - calling the police and holding the suspect in place. Israeli diplomat in China hospitalized in ‘prison conditions’ for COVID Belarusian foreign minister died by suicide after meeting Putin officials: reportĮx-Russian diplomat charged alongside ex-FBI agent Charles McGonigal is no 'traitor': lawyerĮx-US diplomat’s daughter convicted of friend’s murder
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