Caught in the headlights A voice for those who don't have gas

Our cops are not tops

While working in a bike store you get a lot of people coming through the door. Some of them are very funny while others are quite disturbing.
A fellow came in with a bent wheel. Nothing out othe ordinary except for his story. The story was that he was riding along College st at Clinton, when a driver decided to park, so she cut him off. In true fashion the driver got out of the car and complained that the cyclist had damaged her car.
Needless to say the cops were called and justice was to be dealt out. Unfortunately the officer thought hat because no damage was done to the bicycle or the rider there would be no charges laid to the driver.
So the cyclist, who was still in shock, came to the store because his front wheel no longer moved. So we looked it over and fixed him up and gave him some advice. Take the wheel, the accident report and the reciept over to 14 division and ask them to charge the driver. Ask whoever is in charge to make sure justice is served. Then, because he had the driver's insurance information, contact the insuance company and ask for restitution. Hopefully the driver did not report the accident and then that would put the driver in crap with her insurance company. At least the cyclist could get some money back from the accident and hopefullyhis hand was not broken. Unfortunately nothing would happen to the crappy cop that investigated the incident in the first place.
We asked the cyclist to keep us informed about what happens with the cops and the insurance company and we will keep you on touch if we hear any news.