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Police: Driver pulled 78-year-old woman from cab by her leg as she tried to fight back with cane — then plowed into witness who attempted to intervene
theblaze.com ^ | September 2, 2022 | DAVE URBANSKI

Posted on 09/02/2022 8:37:48 PM PDT by lowbridge

An Access-a-Ride cab driver pulled a 78-year-old woman out of a vehicle by her leg in New York City earlier this week, police told NBC News. Video caught the moment the elderly victim tried the fight back by hitting the driver with her cane.

But the drama didn't end there. Police said the witness who was recording the incident on video tried to intervene by confronting the driver — who proceeded to plow into the witness with the cab, NBC News added.

The woman had been in the backseat of the cab — Access-a-Ride serves those with permanent or long-term disabilities — when she got into a dispute over her drop-off location around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, New York City police told NBC News.

The woman reportedly was on her way to a physical therapy appointment before an argument broke out, and the driver pulled her out and onto the street on East 35th Avenue near the corner of Avenue N in Marine Park in Brooklyn, the New York Post reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: brooklyn; nyc
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1 posted on 09/02/2022 8:37:48 PM PDT by lowbridge
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....Police said both the woman and witness were taken to a hospital, the network reported, adding that the investigation did not lead to an arrest as of Friday morning.

The son of the 78-year-old victim told the Post his mother is “very scared because that guy is still out there. She is sore and has a headache, but she is very scared because the guy hasn’t been arrested yet.”....


2 posted on 09/02/2022 8:43:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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3 posted on 09/02/2022 8:45:31 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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I can’t believe the NYPD can’t find this guy, they have a picture and the car license, how much more does it take?


4 posted on 09/02/2022 8:52:55 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood
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Florida Man moves north.


5 posted on 09/02/2022 8:53:25 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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and they have clear video evidence of his face and build- but alas- they too busy tracking down the dangerous peaceful protesting JaN 6 grandmas to find the guy i guess


6 posted on 09/02/2022 9:00:26 PM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: decal

Nope, Mohamed man moves west.


7 posted on 09/02/2022 9:02:01 PM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: lowbridge
Where's the phone?!

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8 posted on 09/02/2022 9:23:28 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: lowbridge

“Bish, I’ma smack you with my pimp cane!”


9 posted on 09/02/2022 9:28:56 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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10 posted on 09/02/2022 9:38:45 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: lowbridge

Battery of an elderly person, reckless driving, fleeing a felony - you’re in a heap of trouble, boy!


11 posted on 09/02/2022 9:40:28 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump /DeSantis)
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To: lowbridge

This week is taxi cab appreciation week.
So to all those taxi cab drivers out there,
I’d appreciate it if you’d take a shower once in a while.
-Norm Macdonald


12 posted on 09/02/2022 9:45:43 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: decal

Not sure that is a Florida man move. That one is NYC.


13 posted on 09/02/2022 9:47:17 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: Captain Peter Blood

It takes the desire to actually find the guy rather than sit on their asses


14 posted on 09/02/2022 10:01:42 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Jane Long

Wouldn’t surprise me if the old woman got her wires crossed to start with and then gave the guy a hard time.


15 posted on 09/02/2022 11:22:56 PM PDT by caww (O death, when you seized my Lord, you lost your grip on me......Augustine)
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So that judtifies his assault?


16 posted on 09/02/2022 11:37:55 PM PDT by antceecee
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Justifies


17 posted on 09/02/2022 11:38:18 PM PDT by antceecee
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>>I can’t believe the NYPD can’t find this guy, they have a picture and the car license, how much more does it take?

If he had a red MAGA hat on they would have found him by now and charged him as a domestic terrorist.


18 posted on 09/03/2022 2:23:21 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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”Access-a-Ride serves those with permanent or long-term disabilities”

Seems like pretty terrible PR for them. I wonder if they are cooperating. They know the identity of the driver.

19 posted on 09/03/2022 3:50:27 AM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (The pandemic we suffer from is not COVID. It is Marxist Democrat Leftism.)
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To: lowbridge

If this happened in Texas, the driver would be likely to be shot my a concealed weapons license holder.


20 posted on 09/03/2022 4:22:29 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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