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After a lovely meal at Barcelona on Friday evening, we pulled out of our parking spot here to go to the theater at Long Wharf. Backing up, my husband tapped the car behind him and turned to leave. Two New Haven police officers walking by stopped him and asked if he was going to check on the "damage" he caused to the other vehicle.
He got out of the car (he's white so he wasn't afraid he'd be shot) to see about the "damage," of which there was zero.
One of the punk cops told him he could have been arrested for leaving the scene of an accident. Knowing that any other response other than acquiescence could mean an evening ruined, my husband apologized.
The offending officer walked away, muttering, "Be careful, dude."
W.T.F? Have the police no better thing to worry about than bumpers touching? Bumpers were MADE for touching; hence, the term BUMPer.
I only wish I could have given that testosterone-driven piece of crap cop a piece of my mind.
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Anna Perez Ponce (Registered User)
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Are you kidding me? It doesn't matter if it was just a bump, he still HIT another car. Damage or not, leaving without checking for damage is illegal. Even a slight bump can leave a dent and or a scratch; how would you feel if you spent your hard earned money and you came out of your "nice evening" to find some jerk had hit your car and just left ????
Since it was night time, how are you so sure that there was no damage? The responsible, ADULT thing to do would be to leave a note explaining what happened with a phone number. As well as take a picture of the area he hit, for your records.
BTW, sweetheart... there will probably be damage to your car. Didn't think of that, did you? Go out and look at the car in broad daylight. There will most likely be paint from the car he hit on the bumper, scratches, maybe a dent. Maybe that is not a big deal to you, but those scratches turn to rust if not fixed. How does it feel to spend your hard earned money to fix something that may cost a few hundred (or a thousand, depending on the car) to repair? Unless you like driving a dented, scratched car.
You sound extremely privileged and spoiled.
The officer was doing his job. Good to know that my tax dollars are being put to good use.
Closed Harriet Iboll (Registered User)