Occupy Oakland protesters hit by car file federal lawsuit against city and BART police officers -

[sabrina 1]

1. I remember that very well and remember the outrage over the cops doing nothing to detain

the driver. I also remember that two people were taken to the hospital and wondered what happened to them.

I am really glad they are suing, but cops who are derelict in their duties, as they were that night (and there are plenty of photos and video of the incident) should be fired and charged criminally.

Margaret So and Lance Laverdure claim their rights were violated because neither the Oakland nor BART police departments pursued a criminal case against Jan Carrigg, the driver of a car that hit them.

Instead, the protesters' lawsuit claims, officers representing the police departments helped conceal a crime by allowing Carrigg and his passenger Sara Abu-Nasser, to leave the scene of the alleged crime without any formal investigation.

"Despite the fact that a felony was committed in the presence of dozens of witnesses -- many of whom filmed the incident -- and despite the fact they had the suspects and other critical evidence at the scene within their control, defendants who appeared to be BART police, cleared a path for Carrigg and Abu-Nasser to leave the scene of the felony crime," the lawsuit states. "Defendants' actions aided and abetted the assault and battery ... and facilitated the concealment of a crime and the destruction of critical evidence."

That was a criminal act. At the time we wondered who the driver was, didn't know he had been identified.

Looks like they were very seriously injured too, 'disabled for life'. How sad. I am sure the Mayor will looking into this!