A driver who was shot by a Miami Police officer after allegedly hitting him with his car appeared before a judge from his hospital bed as he faces multiple charges in the incident.
Menelek Clarke, 21, is facing charges including aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, leaving the scene of a crash with no serious bodily injury, fleeing or eluding a police officer, and resisting an officer with violence, jail records showed.
Clarke, of Lauderhill, appeared in bond court Thursday by video while laying in his hospital bed, his first appearance before a judge since he was shot on Sunday afternoon at Bayfront Park.
According to Miami Police officials and an arrest report, the officer was directing traffic near 2nd Street and Biscayne Boulevard for a concert when a BMW driven by Clarke made contact with the officer…