Teen: Didn’t try to hurt cop

The teen driver of a stolen car that dragged an NYPD officer in Brooklyn meant no harm, his lawyer told a jury Wednesday.

At the attempted-murder trial of Justin Murrell in Brooklyn Supreme Court, defense lawyer Natalie Peeples portrayed the June 3, 2017, dragging of Detective Dalsh Veve as a case of a wayward teen allowing things to get out of control. “None of this did he intend,” Peeples said.

But prosecutors argued Murrell (above, left) knew exactly what he was doing — and left then-Officer Veve braindamaged and unable to remember his wife or daughter.

“He chose not to stop,” Assistant District Attorney Melissa Carvajal told jurors. He “intentionally tried to kill (Veve) so that his freedom wouldn’t be lost.” Veve (below, right) had stopped the stolen Honda Civic in East Flatbush. As he was questioning its occupants, Murrell sped off, dragging Veve more than two blocks down Tilden Ave.

“What we’ve heard today was the defense ask these jurors to defy all logic and check common sense at the door,” Patrolmen’ Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said outside court.