Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Justice

Charles Diez Gets 120 Days for Shooting Cyclist in the Head

By Brad Aaron | Nov 23, 2009 | 47 Comments

Charles Alexander Diez, the former North Carolina firefighter who shot cyclist Alan Simons in the head, has been sentenced to four months in jail. Diez In an Asheville courtroom last week, Diez pled guilty to shooting Simons during a July 26 roadside confrontation. Said to be upset that Simons was riding his bike with his […]

City Takes Small Step Toward Traffic Justice as Silver Continues to Obstruct

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2009 | 1 Comment

City district attorneys and NYPD have reached an agreement that could speed the process of collecting blood evidence from drunk driving suspects who refuse to take breath tests. Leandra Rosado, 11, was killed last month when a car driven by Carmen Huertas crashed on the Henry Hudson Parkway. The Times reported on Friday that the […]

Even When the Killer Driver Is Drunk, Obstacles to Justice Abound

By Brad Aaron | Nov 4, 2009 | 7 Comments

After two incidents in two months of off-duty NYPD officers running down and killing pedestrians, then refusing to submit to Breathalyzer tests, police Commissioner Ray Kelly this week convened a panel aimed at expediting the collection of blood evidence from motorists arrested on suspicion of driving drunk. The deaths of Vionique Valnord and Drana Nivac […]

LA Road Rage Doc Convicted for Horrific 2008 Cyclist Assault

By Brad Aaron | Nov 3, 2009 | 11 Comments

Dr. Christopher Thompson is taken away in cuffs Monday. Photo: Los Angeles Times Following a highly-publicized, intensely-followed trial, Christopher Thompson, the physician accused of using his car to seriously injure two cyclists in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, is behind bars. Thompson was convicted yesterday of six felony counts: two counts each, according to […]

Top to Bottom, NY Legal System Fails the Vulnerable on Our Streets

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2009 | 2 Comments

The unidentified driver of this car, who injured six when he slammed into a Queens bus stop this month, is one of thousands of city motorists who harm and endanger others without consequence. Safe streets advocates are understandably excited by the prospect of a Manhattan district attorney with an interest in holding dangerous drivers accountable […]

Vance Renews Traffic Safety Pledge at Meeting of Legal Minds

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2009 | 6 Comments

Cy Vance, far right, joined by (l-r) Oregon attorney Raymond F. Thomas, TA’s Peter Goldwasser, New York attorney Scott Glen Cerbin, and Nassau County prosecutor Maureen McCormick. Photo: Brad Aaron Judged by statistics on violent crime, New York may be the safest big city in America. But its amazingly low murder rate masks a less […]

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