Posted on 01/21/2005 12:31:47 AM PST by kattracks
Brooklyn State Senator Kevin Parker was busted in his home district yesterday for slugging a city traffic agent after crumpling up a ticket and throwing it in his face, police said.Parker also allegedly pushed the agent out of the way when the man tried to stop him from driving off. Parker, a 37-year-old Democrat who represents Flatbush and was re-elected to a second term in November, was charged with third-degree assault.
He downplayed the incident.
"Nothing happened. This was a mountain out of mole hill," he said. "I was involved in a minor accident. People have traffic accidents."
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The agent said that when he walked toward Parker's car, the senator pushed him or brushed up against him.
The agent, who apparently didn't realize Parker was a state legislator, then sat in his car to finish the ticket.
But Parker reached inside the open window, grabbed the ticket, crumpled it up and threw it in the agent's face, police said. When the agent got out of the car, Parker punched him in the face at least once, witnesses told cops. There were differing accounts about whether the agent punched back.
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Parker has a record of two suspensions and four convictions on his driver's license, including a conviction for going 50 mph in a 30-mph zone.
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Parker is a Democrat.
Parker is a Dumb***
the same thing...the same thing...
That's the only kind Flatbush elects.
You'd get pissed and go to court and get the ticket thrown out. If you punched the guy, you'd then have to defend a class A misdemeanor.
Good thinking.
Parker may be a power wielding fascist thug in democRAT clothing, but it was a parking violations bureaucrat he hit afterall...Speaks volumes of the respect he has for his union constituency...He probably considers them his indentured servants, worse yet, somebody else's.
Get pissed in court, don't give yourself a class A misdemenor on top of a "petty ticket".
or more commonly known as BROOKLYN, NY!!
I think the cop in question, should have 'tuned' him up.
B'klyn pol goes wild
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Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) was slapped with a misdemeanor assault charge after the 3 p.m. meltdown. Before flinging punches, Parker tried to throw his weight around, a witness said. "Don't you know who I am?" he asked the agent, according to Luis Perez, 20, who works at a nearby bodega. Perez, who watched the altercation from Avenue H and E. 34th St. in East Flatbush, said the traffic enforcement agent struck back after absorbing a push, verbal abuse and several punches. "He's lucky it wasn't a regular cop," Perez said of the hot-tempered senator. "He would have gotten shot." Robert Cassar, president of Local 1182, which represents more than 2,000 city traffic enforcement agents, called Parker's alleged actions unacceptable. "These guys are not punching bags for anybody," he said. "They're law enforcement agents who uphold the same laws Parker works to pass." The agent was treated at Kings County Hospital for minor injuries, authorities said. His name was not immediately released. Parker, who has a spotty driving record, declined to comment after his release from the 67th Precinct stationhouse last night. But a source close to the senator predicted the charge would be dismissed. "This was a renegade traffic enforcement agent trying to cover his own a-- and his own assaultive behavior," the source said. The incident began after Parker, 37, was involved in a minor accident, leaving his rented Nissan looking as though it were illegally parked, cops said. Police said the agent, who may not have been aware of the crash, began to question New York's youngest state senator. Parker pushed the agent, who brushed past him and got into a city-issued car to write a ticket. Police said the senator snatched the ticket, balled it up and tossed it back inside the car at the agent. The agent got out of the car and the slugfest began. A police source said Parker punched the traffic agent several times, leaving a bruise on his head. The city worker swung back, but it's not clear whether Parker was injured. Parker would not face legislative expulsion if convicted of the misdemeanor. State records show that before yesterday's crash, the senator had gotten at least three speeding tickets, had his license suspended briefly and had been in at least two other accidents. Asked last year by the Daily News about his driving record, Parker said, "I always try to obey the laws of the State of New York, period." With Joe Mahoney and Kerry Burke |
And it would have been justifiable self-defense, judging by the thrust of this article.
Considering how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in NYC, you'd think his constituents would take this more seriously.
Ah, the good ol' days of Brooklyn! Not now....
Felony? He'll probably get off completely. Wouldnt' be surprised if the traffic agent was ordered to apologize.
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