will Democrat Immunity hold?
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Jersey City NJ, councilwoman and a former chair of the Hudson County Democrats, Amy DeGise the daughter of Tom DeGise, the Hudson county executive was caught on video fleeing the scene of and accident after her fast-moving black Nissan Rogue collided with a cyclist at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street.
CCTV footage released by officials, the driver keeps going and the cyclist who was identified by police as 29-year-old Andrew Black, topples on the pavement. He quickly gets up in a daze when witnesses rush to his aid. The videos from two different angles show cars stopped at a a red light and a pedestrian crossing the street. A bike then appears alongside the stopped cars and rides straight into the intersection where it is struck broadside by the vehicle reportedly driven by DeGise.
After leaving the scene, DeGise reported the incident in person to police. She was issued two summonses for failure to report an accident and another for leaving the scene of an accident, according to the police report. It remains unclear how much time passed between the crash and when she went to police.
Two Jersey City councilmembers have called on fellow Councilmember Amy DeGise to resign after city officials released the hit-and-run video of DeGise striking a cyclist with her SUV last week.
Ward E Councilmen James Solomon and Ward F Councilman Frank “Educational” Gilmore, both critics of the city administration, came forward hours after the video showed DeGise not even slowing down after she hit cyclist Andrew Black in the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive and Forrest Street at approximately 8 a.m. on July 19.
“I am horrified by the video showing Councilmember DeGise’s hit and run crash,” Solomon said in a statement. “Leaving the scene of a crash is illegal. Doing so demonstrated a callous disregard for the life and health of the victim she hit. Public servants must be held to a higher standard.
“Past being elected its a living human being, it was really hard for me to witness that,” said Councilman Frank Gilmore. “It’s a matter of public trust, it’s a matter of respect, it’s a matter of human decency.”
An internet petition is circulating to to force her resignation , “Councilwoman DeGise Must Resign NOW https://www.change.org/p/councilwoman-degise-must-resign-now ”
While Democrat media point men are busy making excuses and pointing to the cyclist running a red light , time will tell if “Democrat Immunity ” will hold up and DeGise will walk from the hit and run.
I saw a video of this incident on nj12. She should not only resign, but face jail time. She is certainly not a public servant.
Not the best of neighborhoods, so she will probably use that as her excuse for not stopping. Chris Rock used to do a routine as a helpful hint to white drivers, and it basically said, if you’re driving and you find yourself on a road named Martin Luther King or Malcolm X, get the F out.
Another Hudson county political liberal hack.
Daddy can’t get her out of this one.