Off-duty zogbot punches man for honking at him for not turning at a red light
(nypost.com)https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/connecticut-off-duty-cop-allen-ganter-punches-driver-in-traffic-for-honking-at-him-at-red-light-what-are-you-doing/ Brocuglio, 37, whose dog was riding shotgun with him, pulled up behind the off-duty officer, waiting for him to make a right turn on red.
“You can’t take a right on red here, you assh—e,” the 20-year veteran of the Meriden Police Department shouts.
Brocuglio points out that the sign says “Stop here on red” and not “No turn on red” before accusing Ganter of being on his phone and not paying attention to traffic.
Ganter threatens to write the man a ticket and call his “supervisor” for merely honking.
Brocuglio then asks the off-duty cop for his badge number.
Ganter is then seen reaching into Brocuglio’s car and punching him in the side of the face, video obtained by the outlet shows.
Later, police approached Ganter at his home for a statement, bodycam footage obtained by the outlet shows.
“So, he is saying that I hit him?” Ganter asks the officer. “And there is nothing I can press for breach of peace, for him yelling at me?”
Ganter then admitted he punched Brocuglio while making his statement.
Ganter, who works as a school resource officer for the Thomas Edison Middle School in Meriden, was charged with breach of peace and third-degree assault.
