Brooklyn DA Creates ‘Street Safety Bureau’ to Bolster Crash Investigation, Draft New Laws
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“We must do all we possibly can to battle traffic violence," said DA Eric Gonzalez.
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Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old Boy In Harlem Blames Child’s Mother For Not Holding His Hand
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“It’s being made out like I did something wrong, I did not,” the killer driver told Streetsblog. “The mother should have had the child in her hand.”
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
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Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
Brooklyn DA Let Killer Driver Off The Hook for No Reason
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Police had arrested 49-year-old John Sherman shortly after he struck and killed 85-year-old Stella Clinton as he reversed into his driveway. But Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez dropped the case.
NYPD Nabs, But Then Undercharges, Hit-and-Run Driver of Bike-Riding Pro Wrestler
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But for some reason, he was not charged with the far-more-serious count of leaving the scene — which is punishable by up to seven years in jail.
Manhattan DA Vance Charges Reckless Cyclist with Penalty He Rarely Levies Against Drivers
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No one is arguing that the top prosecutor should not have charged the biker with the high-level misdemeanor of reckless endangerment, but why doesn't he levy the same charge with any regularity to motorists who do the very same thing?