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NYPD Blames Two Victims For Their Own Deaths, Tells Pedestrians to Be Careful
Why is Brooklyn South Chief Charles Scholl blaming victims and exonerating drivers? Is he a law enforcement officer or just a schoolhouse scold?
January 16, 2020
CYCLE OF RAGE: Crash Response Reveals that Cops Are Just So Badly Trained
More evidence that police officers are poorly trained and disinclined to see drivers as a culprit in the criminal or civil offense of injuring or killing someone with a motor vehicle.
January 15, 2020
Cops Blame ‘Medical Episode’ For Chain Reaction Crash That Injures 3 Pedestrians
Like the magic words "I didn't see him," claiming some kind of "medical episode" is often times a way for drivers to get off scot-free.
December 8, 2019
Police Searching For Killer Car Thief
Early reports were wrong: the bad guy who stole a car in Queens and then left it to run over a woman remains at large.
November 22, 2019
Cyclist: I Was Nearly Murdered by a Driver — Then Cops Traumatized Me All Over Again
A cautionary (and all-too-common) tale...
November 7, 2019
Vision Zero Blind Spot: ‘Georgia’ Driver Who Killed Man on Flatbush is a Serial Speeder
Getting to see an official police report reveals the essential shoddiness of crash investigations — and how assumptions need to be challenged.
October 31, 2019
Trucker With Suspended License Killed a Cyclist — And Got Only Another Suspended License
The father of the slain cyclist, 45-year-old Aaron Padwee, called it “a joke,” that will clearly do nothing to keep driver Agustin Osorio-Torres off the road.
October 28, 2019
Brooklyn DA: Past Time To Raise the Penalty for Hit and Runs
The Brooklyn district attorney calls for a change in the law that incentivizes drunk drivers to flee crashes.
October 27, 2019
NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker
"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.
October 18, 2019
IT’S 23 DEAD! NYPD Blaming E-Bike Rider Killed By Private Carter
The senior e-bike rider who was mowed down by a private sanitation truck driver earlier this month has died, becoming the 23rd cyclist killed this year — and cops are blaming the victim.
September 24, 2019