"Carmen Ojeda says she's sure it was an NYPD officer who stopped her Friday when she turned onto a one-way street the wrong way and sideswiped a parked car.She was making a desperate bid to get 11-year-old Briana, who had suffered an asthma attack at a Carroll Gardens playground, to Long Island College Hospital.
At least one witness also said he thought an NYPD cop hindered Ojeda and replied to her cries for help by saying he didn't know CPR.
Neither Ojeda nor the witnesses recognized the photos of officers at the local 76th Precinct shown to them by the NYPD's internal affairs detectives.
Officials said the man could have been a transit, housing, traffic or auxiliary officer, who also drive official-looking white cars - or even a private security guard.
"Bullcrap," Ojeda said. "I know what a police officer looks like.""
As a person who had childhood asthma, it is a rough feeling going through an asthma attack. Kind of like drowning, but not as wet. The parents who are going through this are looking for someone to blame, and I do not blame them, but there is no telling that if they hadn't been held up, their child would have survived. Knowing who it was that delayed their trip will not bring their daughter back. Details are sketchy at best, but you can't expect someone who is watching their child die to remember many details.
A parent should never have to bury a child.
