Just when Roselle Park officials probably thought it couldn't get more embarassing, guess what?
On Thursday, Bob Braun's Ledger column took up the matter of Monica Montoya, the Good Samaritan, roughly pushed to the ground, cuffed and arrested by a cop investigating a pedestrian accident in which Montoya had helped as translator for the cop.
The story has been riddled with confusion on the part of the police and Roselle Park officials from the beginning.
However, Braun's column raises the heat several notches.
After acquiring the accident report and the patrol car video, Braun raises several points where the officer's statements are contradicted by the plain evidence of the video tape.
Having Braun on your case would be bad enough, but this morning's Ledger bears the news that Union County Prosecutor Ted Romankow is getting in the act.
Roselle Park officials ought to detect a message in here somewhere.
Meanwhile, is there anyone out there who thinks Ms. Montoya should not be compensated for her 'pain and suffering'?
I certainly hope not.
Background --
- Star-Ledger - 7/28/2007: "Union prosecutor investigating incident with Samaritan, cop"
- Star-Ledger - 7/26/2007: Bob Braun: "Arrested Samaritan has police video on her side" and archived here.
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