Posted on 07/22/2021 9:51:55 AM PDT by USA Conservative
It happened just after 10 p.m. on Bleeker Street and 10th Avenue.
Video from the scene shows people trying to stop the vehicle.
The 18-year-old Justin Burgos ran his car into Fire Cuervo protesters right outside of NYPD’s 6th precinct.
NYPD came & ripped a protester’s bike out of the car’s way before the car went through & hit protesters as it sped off.
Protesters ran after the car & then cops ran after them & the car.
Video below:
An 18-year-old man suffered a knee injury.
The chaos unfolded outside the NYPD’s 6th Precinct, where about 25 people gathered to demand the firing of a sergeant who works in the command, sources said.
At about 10:30 p.m., the BMW driver pulled up and honked at the protesters, who were blocking the road on West 10th Street near Bleecker Street, sources said.
The protesters swarmed the vehicle — and police responded to the fracas — before the driver hit the gas and plowed into the crowd, sources said.
A demonstrator and police officer were hit and suffered injuries, police and sources said.
Police gave chase and stopped the driver a few blocks away on Grove Street, the NYPD said.
Police said the driver, identified as 18-year-old Justin Burgos, was frustrated because the road was blocked.
He was later arrested on several charges, including reckless endangerment and leaving the scene of an accident.
My parents taught me to look both ways before crossing the street. If you step in front of a car, expect to get hit.
So did mine.
Now, with all of the electric and semi electric cars on our roads, you can’t just depend on hearing vehicles coming your way.
People on the road purposefully trying to impede a vehicle deserve to be plowed through.
What a misleading headline. He did not “plow through”. He creeped up. They didn’t move out of the way. He creeped some more. And more. Until he had a break in the crowd to get out of there to safety.
I have four cars. One is a “beater”. That is all I’d drive through those crowds. Notice you only see them trying to stop “nice” cars. I don’t care about damage. And I think these people are reluctant to stand in front of moving “beaters”.
Stupidly easy solution for “protesters”:
Stay out of the damn road, you aren’t a car and are very crunchy.
That’s what I saw too. And I don’t see how that cop could have been injured unless he broke a nail while picking up his bike.
I’ve seen enough crash videos to know that, whether in my car or on foot, whether I have a green light or not, look both ways.
But if they surround your car and you're in danger, they become your speed bumps. If they hit your window like they're trying to break in, they become your lead catchers.
After what happened to Reginald Deny, the legal standard should be that any crowd unlawfully impeding the flow of traffic should be considered a lethal threat and motorists should be empowered to respond accordingly.
While nothing is going to blue hell-holes like NY, CA and MA, states with GOP legislatures and governors should be protecting their voters from these rage mobs.
No parade permit? Block traffic and it’s a riot.
Why block roads at night except in hopes of making yourself a “victim” of something like this. People can only be pushed so far..
I didn’t see any demonstrators. I only saw domestic terrorists in the road.
Did they call the police about it?!?!
I look both ways on 1-way streets! I trust NO ONE!
So now if an angry mob swarms your car you can’t use your car to escape? The DA wouldn’t want me on that jury.
The article says the driver was arrested. I don’t know if the injured cop called the police or if the police haters called the police they hate.
And remember to shout, as you push through, “REMEMBER REGINALD DENNY!” It will be in the audio of the vidoes everyone is making.
I’m not for hurting other people, but your family’s safety comes first.
It would appear that none of the protesters were arrested for disturbing the peace, blocking traffic, generating a nuisance, generating public safety hazards, none if that.
I trust people so little I look both ways when crossing a one way.
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