Four Denver cops hit by car amid Ferguson protest; one in critical condition No one is marching about this are they!? People that have dedicated their life to protect and serve get mowed down while protecting protesters , anyone else see the irony. We march for one involved in criminal activity and we shrug our shoulders when solid, hard working citizens, guardians of peace working to protect students exercising their free speech. Listening to people say F the police! — and then they get hit trying to make sure you arent hit by a car, Ellison said, shaking his head. The ordeal unfolded before dozens of student protesters and passers-by, who gaped in disbelief at the carnage, many of them still in tears hours after speaking with detectives. One woman dressed in nurses scrubs was covered to her knees in blood after apparently coming to the aid of the injured cops. Police said the bicycle officers from District 6 regularly work the 16th Street Mall and all have at least nine years of service, including one with 17 years. Before they were hit, the officers were taunted by some protesters as they rode along the group near the Capitol, peddling uphill and keeping traffic out of the teens way.He was honking his horn and waving his hands up with the protesters before he drove into the officers, said Doug Acton, who was sitting as a passenger in a stopped semi-trailer beside the Mercedes before the incident. He gunned it straight at them, Acton said. Roberta Martinez was near the officers waiting at a bus stop when the Mercedes came speeding at her. She was able to dive out of the way. It sounded like he stepped on the gas and just went out of control, Martinez said. I should have been hit. The Lord was watching me. He had to be. I cant believe Im still standing here. It was horrifying, Lily Mogen, an East High senior, said through tears.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 14:07:35 +0000
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