The moment a woman deliberately ran over a police officer in New York
Known as a woman from New York Sahara Dula A 24-year-old Brooklyn resident was charged with assaulting a police officer Hit it with your vehicle while driving in the wrong direction Wednesday on an Upper East Side street.
Authorities charged Dula vehicular assault, battery, reckless endangerment and driving while impaired by drugs.
The incident occurred shortly after the NYPD responded to an unrelated robbery by a gang of thieves at a high-end clothing store around 4:30 p.m. The thieves fled in their vehicle and abandoned the car four blocks from Mackage’s store.
While officers were securing the abandoned vehicle, they saw Sahara Dula driving the wrong way in the southbound lane on Park Avenue near East 71st Street. By ordering it to stop, The driver accelerated and collided with the police officer, causing him to be thrown over the side of the car. Dula was arrested at the scene.
The officer suffered injuries to his leg and hand as a result of the attack. The city police tweeted about the incident, highlighting the need to protect police officers who ensure community safety.
Notably, this isn’t the first time Sahara Dula has run into legal trouble, as she was previously arrested in March 2022 for criminal mischief, including destruction of property, according to authorities.
“I told the policeman I wanted to go straight and he didn’t move, so I hit him. I did it on purpose” Dula later told investigators, according to court documents The New York Post.
“Screw these cops! “He wasn’t moving!” Minutes after the incident he shouted, the documents state, and a source told New York media that Dula added: “Fuck these police officers, that’s a lesson for him.”
the accused “Admitted to smoking marijuana”Manhattan Deputy District Attorney Lucy Shepherd said during Dula’s arraignment Friday in Manhattan Criminal Court.
According to Patricia Wright, Dula’s attorney, the girl suffers from bipolar disorder, takes multiple medications and receives mental health treatment.