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Two Years After a Hit-And-Run Driver Killed a 4-Year-Old, There Is Little ‘Justice for Luz’
Brooklyn's DA charges only 'failure to exercise due care' after a horrific incident on a Bushwick sidewalk. A heartbroken family demands answers.
June 24, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: The Hunt for John Sherman Edition
On an otherwise slow holiday, we found ourselves defending our coverage of Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez's failure to prosecute a killer driver. Plus the other news.
February 18, 2020
Brooklyn DA Admits ‘Mistake’ For Letting Killer Driver Off The Hook
Eric Gonzalez said his staff was wrong to drop the case against driver John Sherman for backing over 85-year-old Stella Clinton.
February 6, 2020
Brooklyn DA Let Killer Driver Off The Hook for No Reason
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.
February 3, 2020
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
Brooklyn DA: Hit-and-Run Drivers Need Harsher Penalties
District Attorney Eric Gonzalez is again demanding that lawmakers in Albany increase the jail time for hit-and-run drivers who kill,
October 22, 2019
Brooklyn DA Investigating Crash That Killed 10-Year-Old
Cops blame the victim and make excuses for the driver after an SUV runs amok in Midwood.
September 12, 2019
Five Weeks Later, Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez Hasn’t Charged the Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Luz Gonzalez and Left the Scene
More than 50,000 people have signed the "Justice for Luz Gonzalez" petition.
July 30, 2018
NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Killed 4-Year-Old Girl on Brooklyn Sidewalk and Left Scene
With seven deaths, motorists have killed more children age 14 or under in the first six months of 2018 than in any year since 2014, when NYC launched the Vision Zero program.
June 25, 2018
With Driver’s Sentence Hidden, Public Doesn’t Know If Eric Gonzalez Got Justice for Chooi Tan
Gonzalez agreed to a plea deal with the unlicensed driver who killed Tan on a Canarsie sidewalk with a stolen car. The terms were sealed by the judge, according to the DA.
June 12, 2018
