lbstone
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At about 12:40 this morning I got a call of an erratic driver in a parking lot of a low income housing project. When I got there I spotted the car in the bottom lot. As I drove toward the car, I saw the operator rev his motor the start accelerating toward my cruiser. I slammed on the brakes, and slid sideways because of the slick road (got about a foot of the white stuff on Thursday). My cruiser was now sideways blocking the operator from passing me. He tried anyways as he got stuck in a snow bank inches from hitting my cruiser. After he realized his lowered POS Honda couldn't make it in the snow around my car, he backed down to the lower lot and appeared to get ready to ram me. I was about to jump out and put down some stop strips, this kid looked like he was all f'ed up. After a few seconds, he backed a few feet into s parking spot and started running from me on foot. He didn't get very far with his baggy pants and untied boots. When I caught up with him, I grabbed hi coat as he "tried" to push me off him. He then ended up face first into some steps a few feet away. While face down on the steps, he was reaching for his waist band. Thinking he might have a possible gun or weapon, I got him with a few blows to his back before gaining control of his arms. He fought with me the entire time and while walking him to my cruiser, the Cavalry came screaming down the hill in the form of 5 more cruisers going balls out. This is when the kid began trying to stick me with his keys while I was "escorting" him to my car with his uncuffed hands behind his back. I then threw him to the ground and got him cufffed. This is when I felt a sharp pain in my thumb (my knee was a little soar too, but not bad). Another Officer helped me "escort" the kid to an awaiting cruiser. The rest of the night, my thumb was killing me. I couldn't use my right hand at all. My supervisor requested I go to the ER after I finished my report. Several hours later I go to the ER where they do several X-rays on my hand and knee. My knee is fine, just swollen, but the Dr. said he cant tell if I fractured a particular small bone in my hand. I forget what its called but it goes from my thumb to my palm. The Dr. said I also had some "abnormalities" that he wanted to look further into. One thing of concern was a piece of what appeared to be torn tendon in my thumb :dontknow: