Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ken Thompson

Family of Victoria Nicodemus: Get Reckless Drivers Off NYC Streets

By David Meyer | Jan 27, 2016 | 11 Comments

The family of Victoria Nicodemus is calling on NYPD to do more to get reckless drivers off city streets. Nicodemus died last December when Marlon Sewell struck her with his SUV on a Fort Greene sidewalk, in a crash that injured two other pedestrians. Sewell, whose driving record reportedly includes incidents of unlicensed driving and speeding in school zones, […]

Sidewalk Killer Free to Drive Thanks to Judge and Brooklyn DA Ken Thompson

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2016 | 16 Comments

A judge refused to take the license of the motorist who killed Victoria Nicodemus on a Brooklyn sidewalk because, she said, District Attorney Ken Thompson filed no charges for reckless driving. Marlon Sewell was allegedly driving without a valid license when he hit Nicodemus and two other people on Fulton Street on December 6, injuring Nicodemus’s boyfriend and the […]

Family of Victoria Nicodemus Demands Justice for Victims of Traffic Violence

By David Meyer | Dec 23, 2015 | 13 Comments

Before she was killed on December 6 by an unlicensed curb-jumping driver, 30-year-old Victoria Nicodemus was making a name for herself as an art curator. Last night, her colleagues at Indiewalls joined with her family, local electeds, and nearly 60 local residents to connect her life’s work with a call for justice for victims of traffic violence. […]

Tonight: Vigil in Fort Greene for Victoria Nicodemus

By David Meyer | Dec 22, 2015 | 2 Comments

Two weeks ago, a curb-jumping driver struck and killed Victoria Nicodemus in Fort Greene. Tonight, her family and coworkers will join with electeds and advocates to demand justice for victims of traffic violence. The public is invited to attend. On Sunday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m., Nicodemus, 30, was walking with her boyfriend along Fulton Street when Marlon Sewell, […]

4 Times DA Ken Thompson Pursued Token Charges Against Unlicensed Killers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 6 Comments

Police and prosecutors say Marlon Sewell was driving without a valid license when he struck Victoria Nicodemus and two other people on a Fort Greene sidewalk last Sunday, killing Nicodemus and injuring her boyfriend and the third victim. According to the Post and DNAinfo, Sewell was also arrested for unlicensed driving last March, and in November was summonsed for […]

Victoria Nicodemus, 14th Person Killed by Curb-Jumping NYC Driver in 2015

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2015 | 19 Comments

An alleged unlicensed driver who witnesses say was traveling at a high rate of speed struck and killed a woman on a sidewalk in Fort Greene yesterday. Marlon Sewell, 39, drove a Chevrolet SUV over the curb at 694 Fulton Street, near South Portland Avenue, at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, striking 30-year-old Victoria Nicodemus, her 37-year-old boyfriend, […]

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