Brooklyn Bridge Jumper's Father: "I'm Devastated"

After a man was unable to be restrained by police and apparently jumped to his death on Wednesday, the Manhattan DA's office is now looking into the incident. According to the Post, "investigators pored over surveillance video and photos to see if police acted properly" and are looking for witnesses. City employee Chukwudi Onyenwe was found masturbating in a woman's bathroom in his office building and fled. Police found him after 911 calls about an emotionally disturbed man on the Brooklyn Bridge, but Onyenwe fought them off. A lieutenant tried to Taser him, but the charge didn't work and Onyenwe leapt off the bridge. His body hasn't been found yet, and his father said, "I'm thinking that [the police] might not have handled it well because they let him fall into the river... I'm devastated."

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By Jen Chung in News on May 21, 2010 4:20 PM

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diablofreak

breaking news: deadbeat dad was masturbating while making announcement on how much he was devastated by the NYPD's murder of his wholesome child.

moohappy

Why are they trying to taser him?? Of all ways to stop someone from jumping off a bridge... here's why it doesn't work:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V4ZQvRnllI

freddynyc

Have reporters asked him why his son was masturbating in a ladies restroom?

NYC Wolverine

Just give this idiot $1,000,000 of the taxpayers' money now. It will save everyone here a lot of time and forehead smacking. It's going to happen anyway.

wow 14th street

He was a real jerk.

Waiting for the gravel voiced lawyer to

be on TV soon defending this self pleasure

seeker's family. Only thing wrong here is

that he was in a womans restroom, odd but

usual for this island.

JenChungsBaby

SWIM!

(Thanks American Apparel)

SlappyJ

The kids father should do the world a favor and jump too.

mocanlagunas

"I'm thinking that [the police] might not have handled it well because they let him fall into the river... "

I usually don't swear, but this time: FUCK YOU!

binbrooklyn

for the first time in the history of the interwebs the entire comment string is in sound agreement. praise bob.

Stevennnn

Lawsuit coming now?

JacqueMehoff

should have masturbated in a unisex bathroom, the things you find in the trash.

DanielJ

If you climb to the ledge of the Brooklyn Bridge and jump off, it's not the policeman's fault, whether his taser went off or not. The guy just walked to the ledge of the Brooklyn Bridge and jumped.

Would you want to tase a guy standing on the ledge of a bridge anyway? What's to stop him from just falling off?

inoyourider

"I'm thinking that [the police] might not have handled it well because they let him fall into the river... I'm devastated."

Personal responsibility is dead.

Blame, blame, blame.

Maybe your idiot kid shouldn't have jumped to his death.

Stop blaming, start accepting.

Probably laying the grounds for the next BS lawsuit that we taxpayers will foot the bill for.

Nyctini11

my thoughts exactly.

FrankMartin

"City employee Chukwudi Onyenwe was found masturbating in a woman's bathroom in his office building and fled."

Speaking of handling things differently. Maybe he should have handled himself differently and not in the woman's bathroom