Cop Was Doing Her Makeup. A Man Died Under Her Wheels. Nobody Will Be Charged. [View all]

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At 4:36 p.m., two employees of the New York Mets called 911 to report a man lying on the road. One minute later, NYPD Officer Levonje Devone drove her patrol car directly over him.

The report released by New York Attorney General Letitia James' Office of Special Investigations on April 14 does not dispute any of this. It confirms that Officer Devone was holding what appeared to be an open tube of lip gloss between the thumb and index finger of her right hand as it gripped the steering wheel at the moment of impact.

It also confirms she will not face charges.

What the witnesses saw... and what they did about it

This is the part that deserves to sit with you for a moment.

Before Officer Devone reached Gonzalez, at least one bystander shouted at her to stop. Two Mets employees had already called 911 a minute earlier to report the man's location. NYPD Lieutenant Maritza Meade, on foot nearby, saw the patrol car moving slowly in the direction of the man lying on the road and physically rushed toward the driver's side to wave it down.

According to the AG's report, Lieutenant Meade told investigators she heard a commotion, looked up, and saw the police car heading directly toward the man. She ran to the driver's window. Officer Devone's partner, Officer Keisha Compere, told investigators they both saw Lieutenant Meade gesturing at them from the left side and trying to communicate... but thought she was asking them to roll down the window.

Someone on bystander footage can be heard shouting two words: "A person!"

The car kept moving.