By Bob Walsh
A drunken New York City police officer plowed into a group of four pedestrians on a sidewalk in Brooklyn early Saturday (07-16) leaving one the them dead and the other three badly injured. He then allegedly tried to flee the scene.
Officer Nicholas Batka, 28, has been arrested and charged with a host of offenses including manslaughter and assault in the incident. He has been on the force for 17 months and was pretty much instantaneously suspended from duty.
The officer was due to report for work four hours after the incident. Offhand I would say the young man is in deep trouble. Deservedly so. If you are going to get drunk you should not drive and you should not get hammered four hours before your shift starts.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Batka? Hmmm, sounds Middle Eastern to me.
Did anyone hear him hollow “Allahu Akbar”? Is the FBI going to investigate whether he had any communications with Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, the Nice truck driving terrorist? Are NYPD and the FBI going to question his family and friends to see if he had any Islamic connections? Are they going to seize his computer and other belongings as possible evidence?
2 comments:
This guy deserves what he gets.
I would have guessed the name was Russian or maybe eastern European if it was me guessing, but I wouldn't put any money on it.
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