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Old March 30th 07, 07:16 PM posted to rec.autos.driving
Dave
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Default Pedestrian Killed by Unmarked Police Car


"MLOM" > wrote in message
ps.com...
> http://www.wftv.com/news/11453184/detail.html
>
> FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- An unmarked Fort Lauderdale police car
> responding to a shooting hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the
> street, authorities said.
>
> Police had received a weapon's complaint, which was upgraded to a
> shooting, police spokesman Frank Sousa said. The unmarked, silver
> Chrysler 300 hit an unidentified man who was crossing a main boulevard
> in Fort Lauderdale.
>
> The man was taken to Broward General Hospital, were he was pronounced
> dead.
>
> Witnesses said the Chrysler had no lights or sirens on and was
> speeding. They said the pedestrian was crossing the street to a
> convenience store, when he was struck. They said the speed of the car
> and force of the impact sent his body flying and dislocated his legs.
>
> "They moved him to cover it up," said Cornelius Washington, 31, of
> Fort Lauderdale, who said he saw the impact. "If they were going slow
> enough, they wouldn't have hit him. For his legs to come off, how fast
> must you be going?"
>
> Police wouldn't comment on the pedestrian's injuries or the speed of
> the police car.
>
> The driver of the police car would be placed on paid, administrative
> leave pending the outcome of an investigation, Sousa said.


And this is about the thousandth example I've read in recent years where a
cop or government official of some kind screws up royally in a way that just
about anybody would be FIRED, INSTANTLY, WITH NO APPEAL, and is instead
REWARDED with a PAID VACATION. **** -Dave

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