Police Officers and your rights: policecrimes.com Know your rights never talk to police officers and NEVER open your door to cops when they knock. A man who sued the City of Austin after a police car hit his motorcycle and injured him will receive a $250000 settlement. Louis Olivier , 75 , was injured when officer Damon Dunn ran a stop sign at Magazine Street and Lamplight Village Avenue in far North Austin in May 2010 , according to the lawsuit that Olivier filed in December . At the time, Dunn was entering information on a laptop in his patrol car, the suit said. The City Council approved the settlement at its Thursday meeting. Dashbord video released by police showed Dunn leaving a residential area, traveling through an intersection and striking Olivier, who was wearing a helmet. The city’s ban on texting while driving, which took effect in January 2010 , exempts public safety personnel who use wireless devices while on duty. Guy Watts , Olivier’s attorney, said Olivier suffered injuries to his right leg in the wreck and can’t walk without assistance. Olivier’s medical expenses are close to $1 million , Watts said. State law prohibits the city from paying more than $250000 for personal injury lawsuits that involve negligence, Watts said. Dunn is still working at the department but was suspended for three days for his actions in the wreck, a police spokeswoman said. Olivier also sued TriTech Software Systems, the manufacturer of the city’s computer assisted dispatch …
This criminal cop bring safety to a whole new level.
He probably turned around and blamed the guy on the motorcycle. PIGS are good for that.
State law prohibits the city from paying more than $250,000 for personal injury lawsuits that involve negligence, Watts said.
This law was pushed through with the help of crooked doctors and their lawyers. Both these groups and the Texas government officials who passed this law deserve to be shot between the eyes in front of their families.
The city’s ban on texting while driving, which took effect in January 2010 , exempts public safety personnel who use wireless devices while on duty.
Exempts city workers from causing harm to someone? The people who passed that law should be burned alive.
A normal person would understand that typing on your laptop, while driving, is very dangerous and should not be done.
Was he so busy he could not stop for five minutes at the side of the road to finish typing?
@policecrimescom HA HA LOL…
If that was me that hit the motorcyclist, i would’ve been beatin first then taken off to jail..
Sofa King Wee Todd Did!
FUCK THE POLICE
Poor choice by the officer. Big mistake on his part, he should have pulled over or paid attention
I hope that stupid pig got fired.
@podup365 Oh trust me if he had ran a stop sign the Austin police would have been all over that, like flies on Cuban shit.*
*The Austin police chief is a Cuban little dictator.
I’ll retract my earlier comment after having read the lengthy description. The video quality in police car cameras is amazingly poor for what the taxpayer is likely paying for it.
@podup365 Of course tax payers pay for everything. The cars, gas, uniforms and salaries for cops.Police protection for the elite in society doesn’t come cheap to the taxpayers.
That was abrupt
I didn’t see a Stop sign 0_0
So this man is injured and has to pay for his own medical expense, and not to mention the rest of his obligations and all they can compensate is 250, thank you republicans for once again selling your people out to the elite. People it is time for a new age, the age of the commen man– we must demand true democracy and get rid of all these idiots who allow people like this to (protect us).