I know this may seem unlike me, but if accounts by the reporters are to be believed, I'm absolutely in support of the motorcycle rider.
One report says the girl darted into the street, another says she and an older relative were crossing the street together to gather with family at a restaurant (one report says it was returning from jerk chicken). One image captured on video shows such an establishment;
Tropical Time, located at 1117 S 1st Ave, in Maywood.
Image captured in the first 15-seconds of the video located
here.
The road is a 4-lane highway, posted at 35mph. Close by is an uncontrolled intersection with no crosswalks.
The girl's father is not reported to have attended to her injuries but instead to have confronted the motorcyclist who dumped his motorcycle in an effort to avoid the people crossing the street.
To be quite honest, I don't care if he didn't shout,"I'm a cop!" anymore than I care if he failed to shout, "I'm a pizza delivery driver." His employment is not a factor in the accident. The two guys who started beating on him got a rude, life-changing awakening, maybe they shouldn't have started beating on him in the first place, maybe?
