Hmm. Admit it people. He does look a little tempting. Not to say I support hit and runs, mind you, but I would love to smack him with the door. I mean.... If you saw him get hit by a car in, let's say "Napolean Dynamite" you'd have a hard time surpressing a giggle.
How about "assault with a deadly weapon, i.e., an SUV". I don't think you need to show injury, that would be battery, right? Or is that MPC and not NY law. Where are the 1Ls?
@resipsaloquacious: It depends. I'm not a lawyer, but not long ago, as a pedestrian I got hit by a livery cab when I had a green light in a crosswalk. It was so cozy in the police car, and so chilly outside, the cops needed me to get out of the ambulance and give my statement through their half rolled-down window. The driver didn't even get a ticket.
My understanding of the NYPD official process is that the thoroughness of the investigation is proportional to the niceness of the weather. All that "assault with a deadly weapon" stuff is just made up for the teevee shows.
@irishflyesq: Wow. A madman could have all the necessary intent to mow down a shitload of pedestrians, but, if he misses them, he is scott free. I have to believe there is something in the NY Penal law they could have jammed this Fox guy up with, had they wanted to.
@irishflyesq: Consider this tip a professional courtesy: demand that he shave the 'stache before he enters the courtroom. Or else, no jury in the world would side with him.
@resipsaloquacious: True, the stache needs to go, but think about what the other side's putting up there. I haven't seen Broderick, but I have a great mental image of what a Fox newser with an anger management problem looks like.
Not to excuse Broderick in any way, but if this guy habitually bikes around looking like Jeff Foxworthy's Florida-dwelling twin, he's just asking for trouble.
throw the goddamn book at this sonfoabitch. as a pedestrian, runner, and cyclist (my sworn hatred of fox news notwithstanding, full disclosure), i can say that there is way, WAY too much of this crap on the streets. i can't tell you how many times i've nearly been hit / run over by careless (both intentional and unintentional) drivers and their 2-ton death rams.
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My understanding of the NYPD official process is that the thoroughness of the investigation is proportional to the niceness of the weather. All that "assault with a deadly weapon" stuff is just made up for the teevee shows.
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But seriously, though, why is he not being charged with reckless endangerment?
Well, if his witnesses hold up, he's got a decent civil suit. Can someone give him my card?
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He's undercover.
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assault with a deadly weapon?
attempted murder?
throw the goddamn book at this sonfoabitch. as a pedestrian, runner, and cyclist (my sworn hatred of fox news notwithstanding, full disclosure), i can say that there is way, WAY too much of this crap on the streets. i can't tell you how many times i've nearly been hit / run over by careless (both intentional and unintentional) drivers and their 2-ton death rams.
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I wonder if using a bike as a weapon is?
Oh yes, it is: [nyc.indymedia.org]
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