From [HERE] and [HERE] Prosecutors have decided not to bring criminal charges against a police officer accused of striking a New York City judge while trying to control a crowd during the arrest of a fitful homeless man, the Queens District Attorney said on Wednesday. State Supreme Court Justice Thomas Raffaele, 69 years old, had accused the New York Police Department officer of intentionally hitting him in the throat on June 1 as officers tried to restrain Charles Menninger in the Elmhurst section of Queens

The judge  is blasting Queens District Attorney Richard Brown for refusing to prosecute. Judge Thomas Raffaele claims Brown is orchestrating a cover-up, the New York Law Journal reports. A press release explaining the refusal to prosecute is full of falsehoods, Raffaele told the publication. "Everything they say is a lie.”

Raffaele has said the incident occurred on June 1 when a crowd had gathered as officers were making an arrest. One officer was ramming his knee into the back of a screaming handcuffed man, and the crowd was jeering, according to Raffaele’s account. One officer appeared to be getting angry, and he ran toward the crowd and began hitting people, Raffaele said. Raffaele said he was the first one hit in “a full-force, open-hand blow to the front of my throat.”