Novak's victim was homeless

[spotbird]

Witnesses said the accident occurred in slow-moving traffic about 10 a.m. as Novak, 77, was northbound on 18th Street NW near K Street in his black convertible 2004 Chevrolet Corvette. D.C. fire department spokesman Alan Etter said the victim was taken to George Washington University Medical Center with "very minor injuries." A police official identified him as Don Lilkinquist, 66, who has no fixed address.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/23/AR2008072301624.html?sub=AR


This information goes a long way in explaining why Novak wasn't charged.

[trumad]

1. Yep...

and here comes the defense of Novak..... Homeless person probably threw himself in the path of Novak.... ugg

[Timefortruth]

2. Or the police weighed the value of the victim

against the hassle of charging Novak appropriately. Or both.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. that explains why he was invisible to Novak

[cliffordu]

24. Dammit, beat me to it.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

27. grate mines break at crosswalks

[Kittycat]

4. Novak is still full of shit - from the same article...

"Bono, 47, a partner at Harkins Cunningham law firm, said: "I can tell you what I saw. I was on K Street on my bicycle, and what I saw was a guy get hit by a black Corvette convertible. I see the guy go up on the hood, up on the windshield." As the Corvette turned right from 18th Street onto the service road beside K, Bono said, "the guy rolled off the hood and landed on the street."

Bono said he passed Novak's car on his bike and came to a stop in front of the Corvette, which then also stopped. "

[tblue37]

17. Bono was very lucky and very brave, since Novak had already shown a willingness to hit other people

and then just drive off.

[Muttocracy]

5. I visited D.C. for the first time in years a few weeks ago

and one of the things we all commented on was how pedestrian-friendly the city was - big sidewalks, looooong crosswalk times, everyone yielding to pedestrians. Makes it even more shocking to me.

Didn't the biking atty witness say the man was crossing in the crosswalk on his turn, and Novak jumped his car ahead anyway?

[speedoo]

6. "several witnesses".... sounds good for Mr. Lilkinquist.

And bad for Novak.

[baldguy]

7. "I didn't see him" because the homeless are invisible.

Out of mind, out of sight.

[Frank Cannon]

8. The victim was just trying to get three squares and a bed...

so this is working out really well for him.







Do I really need the :sarcasm: tag?

[Frank Cannon]

9. The victim was just trying to get three squares and a bed...

so this is working out really well for him.







Do I really need the :sarcasm: tag?

[TexasObserver]

10. Novak knew what he had done, and wanted to get away.

He's a disgusting little weasel, and this is entirely consistent with his entire life as a shill for the likes of Karl Rove, who told him "Bob, the homeless are fair game."

[Junkdrawer]

11. Yesterday, the Post had "the bicyclist" as a messager boy.

But they're still covering for Bob as much as they can.

[tibbiit]

12. Did he have broken legs?

I understand he was hurt more than first reported. If so I bet lawyers are lining up to sue the great douchebag of liberty. I also think that if law suits start flying, he is homeless no more.
tib

[Turbineguy]

15. "great douchebag of liberty"

Yeah, that's about right errr.... correct.

[YOY]

25. What delicious poetic justice that would be!

That's the tiramasu of poetic justice.

[zbdent]

13. wow ... hit and run and he's hit with a $50 fine?

[Junkdrawer]

14. Yeah. Homeless hit and runs usually only rate a $10 fine...

Leave it to DC to soak the rich and famous.

[Turbineguy]

16. Is that so the homeless person

who is struck can afford to pay it?

[Junkdrawer]

18. It's usually a point system - $10 a point:

Congressmen: 50 points

Lobbyists: 40 points
...

Yuppie Joggers: 10 points

Tourists: 5 points

...

The Homeless: 1 point

[bullwinkle428]

19. We just need Barbara Bush to jump in at this point, and remark that

"the gentleman that was stuck by the car, you know, was underprivileged anyway so this (chuckle) – this is working very well for him."

[lonestarnot]

20. Oh, well then in that case it's ok. Nothing happened; it's in your imagination.

:sarcasm:

[TahitiNut]

21. More lawyers per square inch than anywhere else in the world ...

... and no reports of brief-case-carrying crowds chasing the ambulance? Strange. Then again, Wednesday is golf day.

:silly:


It's a good thing Novak was northbound on 18th ... since it's a one-way street there and nobody drives southbound.

[pacalo]

22. "Slow moving traffic"??? WaPo should be renamed "Whitewash-ington Post".

"Slow moving traffic" doesn't reflect the description of the witness:

Asked whether he believed Novak's account of not seeing the pedestrian, bicyclist David A. Bono said, "No, I would not believe that."

Bono, 47, a partner at Harkins Cunningham law firm, said: "I can tell you what I saw. I was on K Street on my bicycle, and what I saw was a guy get hit by a black Corvette convertible. I see the guy go up on the hood, up on the windshield." As the Corvette turned right from 18th Street onto the service road beside K, Bono said, "the guy rolled off the hood and landed on the street."

And Homeland Security's police department issues a $50 ticket to one of their spin doctors.

[Catherine Vincent]

23. Oh lord.

Now we know why Novak was only fined $50.

[madokie]

26. He won't be much longer

'cause his ship just came in

[Binka]

28. Novak Gonna Buy The Man A House!

LOVE IT! Fucking Novak is a shit stain.

[dysfunctional press]

29. his ship didn't just come in- it smacked right into him...

and knocked him on his ass.

[Catherine Vincent]

30. The other article in LBN corrected itself and said the man is 86 and not 66..

Robert Novak ran down an 86 year old man crossing the street!

[Imagevision]

31. No wonder msm dropped the story

[FredScuttle]

32. Laura Bush thinks Novak is a rank amateur

"If it was me, there'd be no fuckin' witnesses, I'll tell you that"

[book_worm]

33. He should be in jail because he fled an accident scene didn't the witness say the guy flew up by his

windshield?