>i'm frankly not comfortable with the NYPDs call of not
>pressing charges
>(i mean its the freaking NYPD for cripes sake)

Let's hope they never charge him, and lets hope you never attain a position of such power.

>a man is paralyzed

Good, the biggest downside to this story is that more of them didn't wind up that way.

and the driver was beat up in front of his
>family

>at the very least all parties need their licenses pulled from
>them for a period of time

For what? Why should the driver receive ANY punishment? He literally did nothing illegal! He was threatened with aggression at every turn and acted accordingly.