Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ken Thompson

Driver With Revoked License Not Charged for Killing East Flatbush Senior

By Brad Aaron | Dec 11, 2014 | 23 Comments

A driver with a revoked license killed a senior in Brooklyn Tuesday. As of Wednesday he was not charged by NYPD or District Attorney Ken Thompson for causing a death. The crash occurred in the 67th Precinct, where motorists have killed at least three pedestrians this year, and at least seven pedestrians since January 2013. […]

Driver Not Charged for Killing Girl, 10, and Injuring Mother in Borough Park

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2014 | 11 Comments

A motorist killed a 10-year-old girl and injured her pregnant mother as the pair crossed a street in Borough Park Tuesday night. Blima Friedman was at least the eighth child age 14 and under killed by a New York City driver in 2014, and the third in the last six weeks. The crash occurred at […]

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 […]

It’s Still Legal to Run Over a Child on a New York City Sidewalk [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2014 | 28 Comments

An 8-year-old girl run over on the sidewalk outside her Bronx school Friday was one of at least two New York City pedestrians killed by motorists over the weekend. A woman struck while walking to work in Brooklyn Sunday morning was the second victim. No charges have been filed in either crash. NYPD and the […]

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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