Thursday’s Headlines: Trash Talk Edition
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Garbage, garbage everywhere — but we can hope for more bins. Plus other news.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Carnage
Report: Forget Last Year — The First Quarter of This Year is The Bloodiest Year Since Vision Zero Began
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Traffic fatalities are up 44 percent so far this year — the deadliest start to any year since Vision Zero launched in 2014.
CCRB Opens Probe into Police Driver Who Killed Man on Eastern Parkway
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The Civilian Complaint Review Board has opened an investigation into the death of a man who was run over and killed by an NYPD van driver on Eastern Parkway earlier this month.
EXCLUSIVE: Cops Questioned Driver in Fatal Brooklyn Hit-and-Run But Just Let Him Go
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A review of the NYPD investigation of the hit-and-run killing of Imorne Horton raises questions about police procedures and whether the NYPD and the Brooklyn District Attorney are sufficiently concerned about holding killer drivers accountable.
NYPD Driver Who Killed Man on Eastern Parkway is Placed on Modified Duty
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The police officer who was driving the NYPD vehicle that fatally struck a man on Eastern Parkway last week after allegedly speeding and running a red light has been placed on modified duty — and the Internal Affairs Bureau has taken over the case.
As Outrage Builds, Police Offering No New Details on NYPD Van Crash that Killed Man on Eastern Parkway
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Police have offered no new details about the fatal crash caused by the driver of an NYPD van, as one local official slammed the police department for its "complete disregard" for life.