” You realize the cop laid his bike down to
lessen the severity of the impact on the
child and suffered a broken leg and
shoulder as a result?”
You realize the likelyhood of him having time to think like that is low? As one person earlier commented, laying it down is bike speak for panicking.
Bikers and cops are both routinely careless when driving. Combine the two...
What I realize is that a careless person would have done nothing and not tried to stop at all. His occupation has nothing to do with the accident.
The most proximate fault is the 18 yr old who failed to prevent a 4 yr old from darting into traffic at night. They should have been holding hands in order to maintain control of the child.
The bike rider is not the only one that failed at situational awareness.
Now whether he panicked or deliberately laid it down is immaterial to the fact that he tried to aid the child while suffering far greater injuries himself.
And got beat up by urban thugs. I’d have shot the dad’s sorry ass, too. But since I’m not a cop, I’m sure I’d be safe from the phony baloney double standard on display on this thread.