Jersey City goofed on Monday when it promoted this week's National Night Out, an annual event meant to foster relations between the community and police officers, with a picture of an indicted cop accused of assaulting an innocent man.

The city posted six photos on its Instagram account to tout National Night Out events, and one showed Frankie Rodriguez, who faces aggravated assault and weapons charges related to a June 2017 high-speed pursuit that ended in a fiery crash on Tonnelle Avenue.

The photo, taken before Rodriguez's indictment, showed him in uniform speaking to a boy seated inside a police car. It included this caption: "Join JCPD officers at 4 locations (Audubon Park, Hamilton Park, Pershing Field & Arlington Park) for family-fun activities including contests, bounce houses, giveaways, DJs, free food and drinks and much more!"

The photo has since been removed. A request for comment from the city was not returned. City spokeswoman Hannah Peterson responded to the story on Twitter by saying, "slow news day, huh."

Rodriguez, MD Khan, Eric Kosinski and Keith Ludwig were all charged in November 2017 with various offenses related to the June 4, 2017 incident. Cops that night had been chasing Leo Pinkston through the streets of Jersey City, a pursuit that ended when Pinkston crashed his car into a vehicle and both cars erupted in flames. When the man in the second car, Miguel A. Feliz-Rodriguez, escaped the burning vehicle, officers kicked him.

Miguel Feliz-Rodriguez alleges in a new lawsuit he filed against the city that Francisco Rodriguez is one of five officers who attacked him that night, an episode caught by a witness on video. Rodriguez has pleaded not guilty. His attorney declined to comment.

The Instagram post also touted the city's Vision Zero initiative, a program that aims to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries.

"Our Vision Zero team will be on-site at Arlington, Pershing, and Audubon (parks) to talk street safety with you!" the post reads. "Stop by and hear about how we are working to eliminate traffic crashes in Jersey City!"

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