DA: Boston cop spewed racial slurs during attack on Uber driver
IN COURT: Boston cop Michael Doherty appears in South Boston Municipal Court yesterday after being charged with assault and battery in an Uber driver attack Sunday. Doherty had two Internal Affairs cases open prior to the Uber incident.
The Boston Herald Monday, January 5, 2015
By: Antonio Planas
Boston Police Officer On Leave After Alleged Assault
CBS Boston
A veteran Boston police officer used racial slurs against an Uber driver — and a good Samaritan who came to the driver’s defense — during a vicious overnight attack in South Boston yesterday, authorities said, while the officer’s lawyer argued today in South Boston District Court the cop was the real “victim.”
Michael Doherty, 40 of South Boston, had a black eye and his left arm was in a sling as he faced charges of two counts of assault and battery while using a racial slur and using a motor vehicle without authority for briefly stealing the Uber driver’s car after yesterday’s 2:45 a.m. attack on the driver.
Suffolk Assistant Distict Attorney William Champlin said Doherty, who had hired an Uber car, became agitated at the driver while in South Boston because he thought he was in the wrong location.
According to Champlin, Doherty lashed out: “You think I’m stupid, you (expletive) (racial slur)?” .
A short time later, the Uber driver stopped near East 2nd and M streets, and Doherty began hitting him, Champlin said. The Uber driver got out of his car and was chased around it by Doherty, Champlin said. The Uber driver flagged down a good Samaritan for help and Doherty got into the Uber vehicle and took off, according to Champlin. The Uber driver got into the good Samaritan’s vehicle and they gave chase.
Doherty pulled over at East 1st Street and Farragut Road, and approached both the Uber driver and the good Samaritan, Champlin said. Doherty then addressed the good Samaritan with a racial slur and “began swinging at both parties,” according to Doherty’s arrest report.
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