Tag: Motorcycle Chase
The Daily News reports that contradictory surveillance video exists of a 2012 police car crash that killed one man and left another braindead. According to the official report, Ronald Herrera lost control of his dirt bike while trying to pass the cruiser on Walton Avenue in the Bronx. He swerved in front of the car, […]
Yet another NYPD officer has come forward and admitted he was riding with the group of motorcyclists who chased down and beat a driver last month. Matthew Rodriguez, 28, serves in the internal affairs bureau–ironically, the division of the NYPD devoted to investigating wrongdoing by cops like this one. Rodriguez is the latest to come forward […]
The drama never stops coming in the case of last month’s motorcycle-vs.-SUV chaos. Wojciech Braszczok, an undercover detective who rode with the motorcycle gang, had his charges upgraded from criminal mischief and riot to assault and gang assault (the riot charge was dropped) for his involvement in the attack on SUV driver Alexian Lien. In a […]
As we reported yesterday, one of the motorcyclists involved in the chasing and beating of Alexian Lien–an incident that’s received widespread attention due to a viral video–was an undercover cop. Now, Wojciech Braszczok, an NYPD detective, has been arrested for riot and criminal mischief. According to the New York Times, “more counts could be added.” Braszczok told police of […]
