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| Robert Hudson (right) with family members. |
by Joanna (JuJuBe)
I heard this story about a week or so ago, but have not had the opportunity to address it yet. It is yet another example of egregious police misconduct, this time leading to the death of a 72 year old man. Of course, the police are disputing the accuracy of the events in question, but THEIR claims as to what actually happened, they are just patently ridiculous.
A Queens widow says her husband of 52 years died of a heart attack because two cops made him rush home in the cold to get her identification.
Robert and Doris Hudson, both 72, pulled up in their van in front of a Queens Village pharmacy on Jan. 14 so she could pick up her medicine. She had just taken her seat belt off when Officers Julio Orozco and Dominick Lettieri walked up and accused her of not wearing the belt.
The cops told Hudson she would be getting a summons, but she didn't have any identification with her.
The woman's lawyer, Bonita Zelman, said police refused to let the husband drive home to get the ID. Instead, he walked home about half a mile back and forth and returned to the pharmacy about 45 minutes later.
While the husband was away, the wife got her medicine and the cops wrote her a summons based on her name and address from the prescription.
The couple eventually got back in the car and drove off. About a block or so away, Robert Hudson collapsed behind the wheel and later died at Franklin Hospital.
