Someone killed a toddler recently in the Bronx from driving recklessly and they didn't even get charged, NYPD doesn't prosecute traffic s*** at all
what in the f***
I honestly have no idea, You could easily meet 5x the quota of arrests or tickets or w/e by enforcing existing traffic law here. It's cool to see ATVs and s*** but way less cool in every other aspect lol
Right after the Floyd protests, NYPD stopped doing s*** for traffic - like they publicly stated it to at least some effect, lemme try to find that so I know I didn't make this up... but I think it stemmed from 1) cops are lazy above all 2) this was at a time when a lot of cops were out due to covid or quit to refuse the mandate, so there were ostensibly lower numbers of employees to investigate reports (if you believe NYPD logic)
S*** is scary if you try to ride a bike in a Brooklyn bike lane, it's been a record high the last two years for people getting mowed down by cars - no joke these days its a 20% chance you get at least hit
Part of me thinks we're just so deeply car-centric now that people in the justice system don't want to be hard on negligent drivers, whether its cops or jury members or a judge or w/e. They really think "well, that mom with her kid should have been more aware of the Escalade, I mean how was the driver supposed to see them? It's a big car!" as opposed to the other way around
I feel like it’s gotta be the result of some ever-increasing irreconcilability in the tension between NYC being, in some ways, the least car-centric city (at least for some groups/classes/boroughs) but nevertheless obviously home to millions of cars
The car owning class increasingly defensive against the pedestrian rabble
Edit: Ironically it’s obvious to the law and order types who fulminate over le bail reform that people randomly erupting in spurts of violence against strangers on the street is undesirable, yet cars are wholesome and middle class, so if you just randomly run over a stranger it’s not a serious breach of public safety lol
Hating on Nicki is corny when she been through s*** like this
this is a tragedy. her music is still garbage.
this is a tragedy. her music is still garbage.
yeah thats a bad argument
plenty of bad ppl have lost ppl in life but we can still criticize them
I wonder why he only got one year
this nigga looks like hes going to die tomorrow
I feel like it’s gotta be the result of some ever-increasing irreconcilability in the tension between NYC being, in some ways, the least car-centric city (at least for some groups/classes/boroughs) but nevertheless obviously home to millions of cars
The car owning class increasingly defensive against the pedestrian rabble
Edit: Ironically it’s obvious to the law and order types who fulminate over le bail reform that people randomly erupting in spurts of violence against strangers on the street is undesirable, yet cars are wholesome and middle class, so if you just randomly run over a stranger it’s not a serious breach of public safety lol
I would agree 100%, it's "trying to fit a square block in a round hole" taken to a comically extreme level. This is about as concise a summation of the issue as anyone can get
this is a tragedy. her music is still garbage.
Disagree. It’s definitely not my favorite either but she’s considerably better than any other female rapper (other than Doja maybe)
Someone killed a toddler recently in the Bronx from driving recklessly and they didn't even get charged, NYPD doesn't prosecute traffic s*** at all
F*** going on in NY?
So you telling me you can kill a nigga with your car and get 1 year in NY? Why these niggas still using guns
My friend was hit by a car in Long Island too in 2010. The dude who killed her got no time.
op tried to make it about white privilege but it sounds like you can just kill someone driving and get away with it nowadays wtf
So you telling me you can kill a nigga with your car and get 1 year in NY? Why these niggas still using guns
I honestly have no idea, You could easily meet 5x the quota of arrests or tickets or w/e by enforcing existing traffic law here. It's cool to see ATVs and s*** but way less cool in every other aspect lol
Right after the Floyd protests, NYPD stopped doing s*** for traffic - like they publicly stated it to at least some effect, lemme try to find that so I know I didn't make this up... but I think it stemmed from 1) cops are lazy above all 2) this was at a time when a lot of cops were out due to covid or quit to refuse the mandate, so there were ostensibly lower numbers of employees to investigate reports (if you believe NYPD logic)
S*** is scary if you try to ride a bike in a Brooklyn bike lane, it's been a record high the last two years for people getting mowed down by cars - no joke these days its a 20% chance you get at least hit
Part of me thinks we're just so deeply car-centric now that people in the justice system don't want to be hard on negligent drivers, whether its cops or jury members or a judge or w/e. They really think "well, that mom with her kid should have been more aware of the Escalade, I mean how was the driver supposed to see them? It's a big car!" as opposed to the other way around
There's also way less space now compared to before covid with the outdoor dining structures removing one lane from each side of the road making bikes, cars, and people closer to each other. People have also been able to get away with more the Floyd protests and covid in general feel like more stuff is sliding
Dangerous driving sentencing is trash in general
Few years back some guy was over the speed limit, jumped a red light and killed a kid
Got just over 2 years jail time