More on that Hummer Vs. Bicycle Vs. LAPD thing

May 14, 2009 at 12:48 pm in Biking in LA, Crime, Law, Law Enforcement

Remember last month when a person driving a Hummer ran over cyclists in downtown, then threatened the cyclists then tried to run away only to be stopped by the LAPD who then threatened the cyclists and let the driver go? Well city council is looking into it and judging from this video they aren’t buying the official LAPD story either.

[via mikey wally]

7 Comments »

skim

any idea if this publicly accessible report is available online?
http://frazgomeanders.blogspot.com frazgo

skim, I believe LAPD requires you to go to the responsible precinct and order the report. I think they are about $50/copy, or were several years ago for a basic traffic collision. This could be different, if criminal then a lot more costly and sometimes limited to the parties involved only at first until adjudicated.
http://davidmarkland.com David Markland

I seriously hope the “3 independent witnesses” weren’t passengers in the Hummer itself.
http://bikinginla.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/lapd-investigates-and-finds-itself-not-guilty/ LAPD investigates, and finds itself not guilty « BikingInLA

[...] can also read more on Metblogs, and on Ron Kaye’s excellent blog, which I really need to find room for over there on the [...]
http://gnosis.cx Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters

Q: How can you tell when a cop is lying?

A: His/her lips are moving.
Matt Mason

“We think the witnesses who are cyclists are automatically biased, so we’re going to be even more biased by giving no creed to their eyewitness accounts.” You gotta love that LAPD logic.
http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/05/18/todays-headlines-315/ Streetsblog » Today’s Headlines

[...] More on the LAPD’s Handling of Hummer v Bike (Mikey Walley, Brayj Against the Machine, Metblogs) [...]

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