NY officer hit bicyclist, hands him napkin and leaves

[Liberal_in_LA]

DA: NY officer hit bicyclist, left without helping

Associated Press July 21, 2010 09:07 AM

A New York City police officer has been charged with hitting a bicyclist with his police car and driving off.

The Brooklyn district attorney's office says Officer Louis Ramos was charged Tuesday with assault, reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident.

According to a criminal complaint, Ramos hit the cyclist June 14. The complaint says Ramos got out of the car, pulled the cyclist to the curb, handed him a tissue and then drove off without reporting it or calling an ambulance.

The accident was captured on surveillance cameras.

Ramos has pleaded not guilty. He has been suspended without pay. The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association declined to comment.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/07/21/national/a063707D26.DTL#ixzz0uLdK2Pu0

video here:

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Cop-Strikes-Brooklyn-Bicyclist-98877824.html

Cop Charged for Striking Brooklyn Bicyclist, Leaving
Helps him off the road, hands him napkins then leaves.


According to the Daily News, Ramos and fellow officer Paris Anderson were driving against traffic when they neared the intersection of Sands and Jay Streest and struck the unnamed bicyclist.

The biker was launched forward over his handlebars leaving suffered bloody bruises and a broken hand. Ramos, a 19-year veteran, and Anderson, a six-year veteran, can be seen on surveillance video pulling the rider onto the sidewalk and giving him tissues to clean the cuts and abrasions on his face, arms and legs.

Then the cops returned to their vehicle and left the scene.

The Daily News reported that Anderson and Ramos said they thought the man just fell off his bicycle after being startled by the patrol car's lights and sirens, a police source said. But it was unclear what the officers were responding to.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. ibtl

[Better Today]

7. Why would this get locked? Seriously.

[MineralMan]

2. "But it was unclear what the officers were responding to."

Coffee call at the nearest Dunkin' Donuts, I'm thinking.

[SoCalDem]

3. Reminds me of something my aged aunt did..

She "bumped" a guy on a bike & knocked him to the ground. He had a slight scrape, and was otherwise uninjured, but she was HORRIFIED, so she made him put his crumpled bike in the trunk, and took him to the hospital to have him looked at, He received a clean bill of health..She was shaking like a leaf & crying & he was comforting her.. He drove her home..and when she got there, she went inside and came out with the pink slip to her car and signed it over to him..and gave him $50 for the bike:rofl:

When we found out we were scared that he might have gone to the police...we suggested that she call the police, but she said the man did not want the police "involved"..

She never drove again, and the guy got himself a fine-looking Cadillac...like this one

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Sounds very close to hit-and-run.

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. IT is hit and run

and I hope the DA charges accordingly.

[Uncle Joe]

5. In before post #6

Thanks for the thread Liberal_In_LA

[Liberal_in_LA]

6. You are welcome.

:)

[bobbolink]

8. This cop deserves no "benevolence"

[nilram]

9. "The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association declined to comment." But it was thinking "those f--kers!"