[kellyhound]

Miami police officer fires on a driver outside of a music festival near Bayfront Park in Miami, Florida.

According police, an officer was directing traffic when a man driving a car made contact with him.

According to CBS News, both the officer and the driver were sent to the hospital.

The driver, 21-year-old Menelek Clarke, underwent surgery. He was in critical but stable condition, as reported by NBC Miami.

“My brother does not have a weapon on him. There’s no weapons, nothing,” the sister of Clarke said.

“He wasn't carrying anything. When he got out of the car … he was in shock because he just got shot.”

The incident is still under investigation.

[Mr.NoCredit]

Nice top hat hair doo.

Maybe he should have been paying better attention to where he was driving.

[marcos_69]

What a stupid fucking hair-do. Thinks he's Marge Simpson?

[rohmell]

Once I saw the name Menelek, I knew everything I needed to know about this case.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

“My brother does not have a weapon was using a car on him. There’s no weapons just a lethal motor vehicle, nothing,” the sister of Clarke said.

“He wasn't carrying anything was using a car as a weapon. When he got out of the car weapon … he was in shock because he just got shot.”
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Fixed...

[kellyhound]

Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer held a bond hearing Thursday morning, May 29, 2025, over Zoom in Jackson Memorial Hospital room of Menelek Emmanuel Clarke.

Clarke was the driver who was shot by a Miami policeman after hitting him in his car outside a Caribbean music festival at Bayfront Park on Sunday night.

Clarke is in the hospital bed; his attorney, Michael Orenstein, is pictured above Clarke, who was charged with four felonies Thursday.

The driver of a BMW shot by a Miami police officer while he was on the hood of the car outside a music festival last weekend was charged Thursday with four felonies and two misdemeanors — while he was recuperating in the hospital.

But his bond was considerably less than expected after a judge denied a request from state prosecutors to keep the man behind bars.

Menelek Emmanuel Clarke was being treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital with three bullet wounds when Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer convened the Zoom hearing.

She questioned probable cause in three of the charges, denied the state’s request for pre-trial detention and set the shooting victim’s bond for all the charges combined at $8,653.

Clarke, 21, is facing charges of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, leaving the scene of an accident, fleeing and eluding law enforcement and resisting arrest with violence, all felonies.

He’s also been charged with failure to obey a police officer and reckless driving, both misdemeanors.

When Glazer questioned three of the charges, including leaving the scene and fleeing and eluding, Clarke’s attorney Michael Orenstein agreed, saying his client wasn’t trying to get away from police.

Clarke was shot inside his car on Biscayne Boulevard at Northeast Second Street early Sunday evening, just after the start of a Caribbean music festival at Bayfront Park called the Best of the Best.

His mother had just gotten out of the car to meet family and get tickets. Clarke’s sister was in the back seat during the shooting.

She said her brother did not hit the officer intentionally and was slowly trying to turn past him. Police found no weapon on him after the shooting.