Cop hit by bus while arresting man who swore at mayor
BY ROSEMARY SOBOL Staff Reporter rsobol@suntimes.com May 14, 2011 7:50PM
Updated: August 27, 2011 12:33AM
A Chicago Police officer was struck by a CTA bus while chasing a man who allegedly swore at Mayor Daley as he was leaving City Hall Friday for the last time as mayor.
About 4:45 p.m. Friday, as a crowd gathered to watch Daley say goodbye to City Hall, Janusz Kopycinski, 30, allegedly yelled “F - - - the mayor,’’ police said.
Kopycinski ran, followed by police officers. As he was being arrested, a male officer was grazed by a moving CTA bus, police said.
The officer was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital with non life-threatening injuries, police said.
Kopycinski, of the 6500 block of West Wellington, was charged with three counts of resisting arrest, two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of reckless conduct. He was arrested in 2007 for battery to police.
Rosemary Sobol
