Overzealous “RoboCop” Costs City $55k

The city is paying out $55k to settle a Queens teenager’s lawsuit alleging he was left with a bleeding head wound when a school security guard kicked in his bathroom stall without warning or reason. 16-year-old Stephen Cruz claims high school “safety agent” Daniel O’Connell busted open the door last year, opening a bloody gash in his forehead, saying, “That’s life; it will stop bleeding,” and abandoning the teenage victim. O’Connell, also known as RoboCop, has not been disciplined, only transferred to a nearby middle school of younger, more fragile students. |Gotham Schools|