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Title: Policeman dies after being hit by SUV
Description: Bush's cousin kills policeman in wreck.


al001 - October 22, 2006 02:11 PM (GMT)
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
(from the Associated Press)

Posted on Sun, Oct. 22, 2006

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/DAVID PARDO

Policeman dies after being hit by SUV

CONNECTICUT -- A New Haven police officer died Saturday, four days after being struck by a sport utility vehicle driven by a federal judge, Mayor John DeStefano said. Officer Dan Picagli, a 17-year veteran of the force, was hit while directing traffic in the rain Tuesday night. The SUV was driven by John Walker Jr., a senior judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, who maintains court chambers in New Haven. He is a cousin of President George H.W. Bush, who appointed him to the court in 1989.

-- The Associated Press

Is there any doubt this will either never see the light of a court room or else will be determined an unavoidable accident?

ALGOREismylife - October 22, 2006 04:09 PM (GMT)
Wonder if he was drunk??? Even if he wasn't, nothing as usual will happen to him. The Bush crime family will slither out of this like they do everything else. This family is pathetic, even if it was just an 'accident.' :angry:

Here's another article:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-1...e-officer_x.htm

Officer struck by Bush's cousin dies

Posted 10/22/2006 9:30 AM ET
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A police officer died Saturday, four days after being struck by a sport-utility vehicle driven by a federal judge, the mayor said.
Officer Dan Picagli, a 17-year veteran of the force, was hit while directing traffic in the rain Tuesday night. He had been wearing a black raincoat and a reflective vest.

The SUV was driven by John M. Walker Jr., a senior judge on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, who maintains court chambers in New Haven. He was leaving work when the accident happened, police said.

No charges have been filed.

Police Chief Francisco Ortiz said the accident remained under investigation, but officers did not feel it was necessary to test Walker for drugs or alcohol.

Walker, 65, voluntarily stepped down this month as chief judge of the court. He was appointed to the court in 1989 by President George H.W. Bush, who is a cousin of the judge.

"Officer Picagli was more than a cop," Mayor John DeStefano said in a statement Saturday. "He was someone who brought people together, who created a sense of community. He was a life enhancer to all with whom he came in contact. More than any memorial, his basic decency will keep his memory vibrant in our city."

al001 - October 22, 2006 04:52 PM (GMT)
Anyone of us would have had every test they could come up with and then only after we were already in jail waiting for our first call.

:mad:

ALGOREismylife - October 22, 2006 05:00 PM (GMT)
I get so sick and tired of this evil, lying thieving Bush family being in this protective bubble and getting away with everything and anything. No matter how much they do wrong, they slither out of it. When will it end????? :mad: :angry: :mad: :angry:

dbciii - October 23, 2006 03:18 AM (GMT)
so in addition to being able to declare anyone he doesn't like an "enemey combatant" and have them sent to the Gulag, he can also issue zero-indemnity passes to those he favors...

earthmother - October 23, 2006 03:27 PM (GMT)
My god, I mean, the guy KILLED somebody. And he just walks away without charges even being filed against him?

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?! :mad:

Wayne in WA State - October 23, 2006 08:25 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (ALGOREismylife @ Oct 22 2006, 11:00 AM)
I get so sick and tired of this evil, lying thieving Bush family being in this protective bubble and getting away with everything and anything.  No matter how much they do wrong, they slither out of it. When will it end????? :mad:  :angry:  :mad:  :angry:

Maybe it will end when we cut off the head of the snake

But we will have to watch carefully to make sure two heads don't magically grow back in place of the old one

:puffgrl:




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