Injured good Samaritan ticketed for jaywalking

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29406078/

Injured good Samaritan ticketed for jaywalking
Man helped push 3 people out of path of pickup truck before being struck


updated 6:24 a.m. PT, Thurs., Feb. 26, 2009

DENVER - A good Samaritan who helped push three people out of the path of a pickup truck before being struck and injured has gotten a strange reward for his good deed: A jaywalking ticket.

Family members said 58-year-old bus driver Jim Moffett and another man were helping two elderly women cross a busy Denver street in a snowstorm when he was hit Friday night.

Moffett suffered bleeding in the brain, broken bones, a dislocated shoulder and a possible ruptured spleen. He was in serious but stable condition Wednesday.

The Colorado State Patrol issued the citation. Trooper Ryan Sullivan said that despite Moffett's intentions, jaywalking contributed to the accident.

[katandmoon]

1. Yet another stupid cop lacking two brain cells to rub together

[LiberalFighter]

2. Maybe if there is enough publicity by the time of the court date

the judge will throw it out and instead fine the officer??