City bills cyclist $1,200 for damage to police car that struck him

[CaseyJones]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/biker_dent_do_it_uEA4ZUy6dv6KqwUV9F5bXK


The city added a thousand-dollar insult to an already painful injury when it demanded that a Brooklyn cyclist pay for damage to the police car that struck and sent him flying.

“I think it’s preposterous,” said Justin Johnsen, 31, who received the $1,263.01 bill from the city last month for the Nov. 5 accident on Flushing Avenue that left him with deep cuts that required stitches.

“I was upset. I was in kind of disbelief that they were going to send this letter after four months or so and ask me to pay damages for their vehicle, when they hit me when I was on a bicycle,” added Johnsen, who was not ticketed for the crash.

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[kcchiefs6465]

The case is at least the third in recent months in which the city has billed people for damages to police cars that hit people.

And after The Post made inquiries about Johnsen’s case, it became at least the third time the city abruptly dropped such a stunning demand for money.

You left out the best part.

Insanity.

[phill4paul]

SMFH. Reminds me of the guy that was fined for leaving his busted door outside by the code police after a wrongful drug raid.

[ZENemy]

I remember hearing about this in china, they charge you for damages even if they were at fault...

did you heard me, I said I read about it in China, yeah, that is a communist country.

But USA is for sure not communist.

[MRK]

The mundane should be grateful the enforcer was gracious enough to not charge him with obstruction of justice for delaying the arrival of the police cruiser to an expectant mother tasering.

[Dr.3D]

I remember hearing about this in china, they charge you for damages even if they were at fault...

did you heard me, I said I read about it in China, yeah, that is a communist country.

But USA is for sure not communist.
Karl Marx: "Democracy is the road to socialism."

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Well, if the bike would have ran into the cop car, they would have executed him.

[MRK]

Well, if the bike would have ran into the cop car, they would have executed him.

Executed on the spot, after an attempted suicide attack by ballistic missile. He could have had backup explosives hidden in his clothing.

[kathy88]

The mundane should be grateful the enforcer was gracious enough to not charge him with obstruction of justice for delaying the arrival of the police cruiser to an expectant mother tasering.



I laughed SO hard. Thank you. I needed a good guffaw.