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Ken Thompson Secures Manslaughter Conviction for Crash That Killed Driver

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2014 | 3 Comments

In an unusual instance of a sober driver facing penalties for causing a death, Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson secured a manslaughter conviction for a crash that killed a second motorist. Last January, days after Thompson took office, Jermaine Filmore ran a red light on Eastern Parkway and hit two other vehicles, according to WABC. One […]

Woman Struck by Truck Driver on Flatbush at Atlantic “Likely to Die”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2014 | 29 Comments

Update: The victim in this crash was identified as Winnifred Matthias, 77. She died from her injuries. A truck driver seriously injured a pedestrian at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues this afternoon, near the location where a truck driver killed a senior last year. NYPD says the victim is not likely to survive. […]

Vision Zero Hasn’t Changed NYPD Practice of Blaming Deceased Crash Victims

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2014 | 11 Comments

Last week an MTA bus driver crushed a pedestrian to death in Mott Haven. By all accounts the victim, walking with a cane, was in the crosswalk at Willis Avenue and E. 147th Street when the driver ran him over while turning left. If reports are correct the bus driver should be subject to charges under […]

Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson: $500 Fine for Unlicensed Driver Who Killed Senior

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2014 | 24 Comments

An unlicensed driver was sentenced to a small fine and probation after he ran over and killed a Brooklyn senior who was crossing with the right of way, per the terms of a plea deal with District Attorney Ken Thompson. Though the driver was charged with committing two traffic offenses at the time of the […]

DA Thompson Plea Deal: Serial Unlicensed Driver Fined $250 for Deadly Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 6, 2014 | 15 Comments

A serial unlicensed driver who killed a pedestrian will pay a few hundred dollars in fines pursuant to a plea deal with Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson. Two motorists hit 32-year-old Nicole Detweiler as she crossed McGuinness Boulevard at Nassau Avenue in the early evening hours of December 29, 2013. She died at the scene. According […]

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