'F--- These Cops:' Driver Charged After Hitting Officer, NYPD Says
Police said a Brooklyn woman deliberately hit an officer on Park Avenue and later called the violence "a lesson." Brooklyn resident Sahara Dula, 24, has been charged with vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, assault with serious injury, and impaired driving charges for her actions after she smashed into an NYPD officer on Park Avenue. The incident occurred while police were protecting an abandoned getaway car from an unrelated robbery. Dula reportedly stated that she hit the officer because he wouldn't move out of the way of her luxury sedan and that the violence should be a "lesson to him" and hopefully he doesn't want to be a cop anymore. As of Friday morning, Dula has yet to be arraigned for the incident.
Published : 3 months ago by Peter Senzamici in Auto
That's what the Lexus driver who smashed into an NYPD officer on Park Avenue Wednesday said while she was sitting in the back of a police cruiser, according to police officials, who added that she made the profane statement several times. She then announced that she hit the officer because he wouldn't move out of the way of her luxury sedan, and said the violence should be a "lesson to him, and hopefully he doesn't want to be a cop anymore," an NYPD spokesperson told Patch.
Brooklyn resident Sahara Dula, 24, was charged with vehicular assault, reckless endangerment, assault with serious injury and impaired driving charges, police said. According to police, Dula attempted to enter Park Avenue against traffic while police were busy safeguarding an abandoned getaway car from an unrelated robbery of $10,000 of goods from a high-end Madison Avenue shop on Wednesday afternoon.
Dramatic dashcam video obtained by the New York Post shows what happens next. The black Lexus with New Hampshire plates is at a full stop as an officer prevents the vehicle from traveling against traffic on the busy avenue when suddenly the driver quickly slams on the gas, sending the cop flying into the air.
Dula reportedly told officers that she had smoked marijuana and officers said they found the Lexus reeking of weed, as well as buds of cannabis sitting in the car's cup holder, police said. As of Friday morning, Dula has yet to be arraigned for Wednesday's incident, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
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