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Old April 1st 07, 04:37 AM posted to rec.autos.driving
MLOM
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Default Pedestrian Killed by Unmarked Police Car

On Mar 31, 3:51 pm, "Larry Bud" > wrote:
> On Mar 30, 1:09 pm, "MLOM" > wrote:
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> >http://www.wftv.com/news/11453184/detail.html

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> > FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- An unmarked Fort Lauderdale police car
> > responding to a shooting hit and killed a pedestrian crossing the
> > street, authorities said.

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> > 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.

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> > The man was taken to Broward General Hospital, were he was pronounced
> > dead.

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> > 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.

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> > "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?"

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> > Police wouldn't comment on the pedestrian's injuries or the speed of
> > the police car.

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> So what? Haven't you learned that cops can do whatever the **** they
> please and that they are always right? Geez.- Hide quoted text -
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So true...they are paid to enforce it, not abide by it.

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