Police Officer Accused Of Assault On CTA Bus Driver

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 16, 2009 4:20PM

A Chicago Police officer is in hot water for allegedly attacking a CTA bus driver over the weekend after an incident of "bike rage." According to a report, the officer - who was off-duty - was riding his bike in the Loop when he was cut off by a No.62 bus. The officer became angered by this and apparently boarded the bus near the intersection of State and Monroe and attacked the bus driver. The driver was treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital while two police officers who happened to be on-board the bus arrested the off-duty officer for the attack. A spokesperson for the Independent Police Review Authority told WBBM 780 simply, “Its under investigation." [WBBM 780]