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It’s long past time to rewrite NY’s vehicular manslaughter statute so that it can be applied even if the driver was sober. The vehicle had a history of violations. It should not have been on the road.
There is no public space in NYC that has more of a perpetual police presence than Times Square. If the presence of police didn’t stop this shooting from happening, why should anyone believe that putting more cops on the streets will reduce the number of shootings?
@AngryBlackLady
Much of the nonchalance about COVID presumes a false binary outcome in which everyone who doesn’t die is just fine. In coming decades, Long COVID will cost us more than it would have cost to deal with the pandemic properly in the first place.
@ScottHech
NYPD completely abdicating responsibility is nothing new. See my pinned tweet. NYPD didn’t show up in response to my 911 call requesting PD & ambulance (a violation of policy), so they never got witness statements. I wanted to press charges against the driver, but couldn’t.
@letsblamerussia
@nevitate
@GMC
A bus driver doesn’t have a hood in front of them, and can look straight down to see someone short standing directly in front of them.
@AdamSerwer
We’re a country that took a full century to get from emancipation to the Civil Rights Act — two things that arguably should have come at the same time.
While we should certainly push for progress, let’s not pretend that it moving too slowly is somehow a new phenomenon.
@AstroKatie
@nycsouthpaw
If the guy in charge in April 2020 had decided on a message of “I’m asking every American to do their patriotic duty and wear a mask in public so that we can work together to beat this virus” and stuck to that message (instead of “it’s going away”), would the right have followed?
@TheDweck
@WhitfordBradley
They’re personal friends with the president of the USC board and STILL needed to resort to bribery to get into the school? Just how bad a student is this daughter?
@tressiemcphd
She’s good at policy, empathy, and bridging the two by explaining how policy will help people. Her biggest success at socialism, however, is living rent-free in the minds of conservatives.
Prediction: If the effort to recall Gavin Newsom is successful, leading to a special election, Andrew Yang will attempt simultaneous runs for Mayor of NYC and Governor of CA.
@ScottHech
The driver was never identified, in great part b/c NYPD never showed up to even try to take witness statements, and refused to investigate. They then said that even if I could identify the driver, they would not let me press charges, despite the driver causing my injury.
@7Veritas4
@MattGertz
I wonder how far Parler’s prepared to litigate over whether or not they have any liability exposure for promoting nonsense that will get people killed.
@eclecticbrotha
@Santos4Congress
This man lives in Queens, one of the most transit-rich places in the country.
Driving is a choice. It is an entirely optional expense.
Unlimited Metrocards cost $127 for 30 days. A year of unlimited bus/subway rides is $1,524 — far less than gas, let alone insurance & the car.
@asymmetricinfo
Don’t forget:
“For all intents and purposes” rather than “for all intensive purposes.”
“Pique your interest,” not “peak your interest.”
@MollyJongFast
Thank god it was before social media existed, but my father once spent a dinner party chatting with your mom having no idea who she was, and my mom was terrified he would become a character in one of your mom’s books.
This demonstration of anit-Zionism in Carl Schurz Park seems to have manifested as an overt act of antisemitism. This is a public sukkah graciously provided by Chabad. Has
@NYPD19Pct
started investigating this hate crime?
@ogbonna_collin
@BriannaWu
Israel is not a theocracy. Non-Jewish citizens have rights to practice their faith, vote, and are included in institutions such as the military and Supreme Court. Moreover, non-religious Jewish Israelis openly live non-observant lives without govt forcing observance.
@wendythurm
@TheRickWilson
Key question: Will Trump be mentioned as an unindicted co-conspirator? If so, it would remove his pardon power from the equation.
@richmintz
In a functional system, no insurance company would allow this vehicle to be operated within 100 yards of a crosswalk. Limited access highways only.
Using an anti-KKK law to crack down on angry mobs who cover their faces while calling for the deaths of Jews seems to be exactly what the law was intended for.
@AngryBlackLady
Dems have to have two short term strategic priorities right now:
1) Making sure that no confirmation vote can be held before January 1.
2) Leveraging the imminent confirmation vote to boost turnout among Democratic voters in all Senate races.
It is the only path.
The car, of course, did not have visible license plates, and NYPD has zero interest in keeping cars without plates off the road.
What if NYPD put half as much effort into stopping cars entering NYC without plates as they put into stopping turnstile jumpers?
@paulkrugman
Are you suggesting that the movement summarized by “keep your government hands off my Medicare” was not motivated by a desire for small government?
@eclecticbrotha
Naomi Osaka doesn’t like having to sit in front of a gaggle of media shouting questions at her after she’s just played a match. Anyone who cannot see how every single one of these other things is different is… (If it quacks like a racist…)
@pacelattin
As best I can tell, he’s fixated on the clause that incarceration after conviction is the one circumstance in which the 13th allows involuntary servitude.
Problem is, repealing the 13th wouldn’t outlaw that, just legalize all other slavery.
@theforms17
@amuse
@LordsBaron
So you think it would be acceptable if they faced opponents who hurled racist slurs at them?
There is one standard and neither is acceptable. The players who engaged in that speech should be suspended from participating in school athletics.
@eorvieto
@DezmonBChild
@yashar
@BillyCorben
It’s the nature of herd immunity. When a certain percentage of the population has immunity, there aren’t enough potential infection vectors for the pathogen to spread. When too many people are unvaccinated, you eventually get outbreaks.
@Brobirski
@annepearl1
@Amy_Siskind
He could eat a Tide Pod on live TV in an attempt to prove that the FDA & CPSC serve no useful purpose. It will backfire, of course.
@aziz0nomics
If you buy into the idea that the mistake that kicked off many of the problems in the modern Middle East was the way the British and French divided the Ottoman Empire with little regard for realities on the ground, this map continues the tradition.
@nhannahjones
And what happens if there is a group of parents who not only want their kids to mask, but don’t want their kids in enclosed spaces with unmasked kids? Do they have no rights under the new EO?
@guelo
@Maxtropolitan
@NYPD19Pct
Defacing a sukkah is anti-Semitic. Taking out dissatisfaction with the policies of the Israeli government by attacking the property of American Jews is overtly anti-Semitic.
@erinscafe
Trump has done everything that he has ever accused Obama of doing. He regularly accused Obama of having substandard academic performance.
At this rate, it’ll turn out Trump was born in Kenya.
@neoavatara
Biden has tremendous leverage, but he is using the wrong lever. Qatar should be given 24 hours to get all hostages released, turn over Hamas leaders to Israel, or lose all US military support.
That is the leverage that will end this thing.
The absolute best human beings on the scene were a group of delivery cyclists who stood by and protected me from traffic until I was loaded into the ambulance. No one can possibly tip these guys what they're worth.
@El_Kabong1
@ohreallynowno
@CraigSilverman
That’s nothing. Organizations in which she’s involved have had business before SCOTUS, but since there are no conflict of interest rules for SCOTUS, her husband has not recused himself.
@SusannaDW
@yashar
And it comes full circle, since Roy Cohn was the prosecutor who secured the conviction against the Rosenbergs, and later mentored a young NYC real estate heir in the art of being a public bully, leading directly to January 6th.
@RepJoshG
@MTA
So people who live and work in Manhattan should have to bear the costs imposed by residents of other places who choose to clog Manhattan streets with cars? That traffic increases the cost of all goods brought into the city.
@oatmealish
@waltshaub
It should happen after January 3rd, and Mike Pence should get taken down first, either by health problems or his actions during the transition.
No way both chambers of Congress would approve a new nominee for VP, which would leave Nancy Pelosi next in line.
@BrooklynSpoke
@Tellythecairn
@NYC_DOT
Perhaps the law should make it clear that a motor vehicle that is in a bike lane has no reasonable expectation of not having bikes make contact with the vehicle.
@bikeloveny
@HeyNell
The next step is to populate the crowd sourced data on Waze and the like with massive numbers of speed cameras that don’t exist. Make them think the cameras are everywhere. Even if they know it’s true, they won’t want to risk it…
@ryanlcooper
I always loved the story of how he quit driving a cab after a customer said “you probably didn’t know this, but you have the same name as a famous composer.”
@BluegrassRabbi
@nhannahjones
If people weren’t so inclined to get into the oppression Olympics, it would be generally accepted that the descendants of those targeted by lynchings and the descendants of those targeted by pogroms have more in common than not.
@mateosfo
People do not understand that transportation infrastructure does not exist in a vacuum.
If California had the sort of comprehensive transit that allowed people to live car free lives, what is the cumulative cost savings for all the people who wouldn’t need to buy cars?
@ScottHech
Even worse, 48 hours before the crash, I had been at a 19th Precinct Community Council meeting where I complained about exactly the conditions that caused my injury at the very site I would be injured 2 days later. They said they’d step up enforcement, but did nothing.
@bethanyshondark
The rapid spread of the Delta variant among children in Israel suggests that it might not be so irrational as the Delta variant becomes prevalent here.
I get that we need functioning airports, but why do we keep sinking billions of dollars into airport redevelopment when JFK and LGA combined carry far fewer passengers than the subway, which is starved for real expansion?
New Yorkers deserve modern, state-of-the-art transportation hubs, and we're delivering.
The new Terminal One at JFK Airport has been talked about for years and now, with
@PANYNJ
& private businesses, we're investing $9.5 billion to finally land this plane.
@Naparstek
@_elkue
@tonymelone
In theory, the cops who violated policy by engaging in a high speed chase are every bit as liable for that baby’s death as the driver they were chasing. Unfortunately, they’ll probably get commendations instead.
@freeblackgirl
In theory, a patient who has a strong comprehension of their chronic medical conditions and the necessary diagnostics/treatments to deal with them should make things easier for doctors to work with.
In reality, doctors feel challenged when a patient is right like that.
Electric cars have carbon footprints that are just as bad as gas powered cars when you include the manufacturing process. Maybe the solution isn’t to have people propelled down roads in personal steel boxes weighing a ton or two each?
@Popehat
An acquaintance was once pulled over for speeding in Georgia.
Trooper: “No one speeds through Georgia that fast, little lady.”
Acquaintance, not liking being addressed that way: “Sherman did.”
She spent the night in jail.
@Henryz_mom
Stop subsidizing sprawl. If someone wants to choose to live in a place that requires car ownership to do literally anything, they should not benefit from subsidies from those of us who choose to live where we don’t need cars.
There is no public space in NYC that has more of a perpetual police presence than Times Square. If the presence of police didn’t stop this shooting from happening, why should anyone believe that putting more cops on the streets will reduce the number of shootings?
@AJDelgado13
The same people who claim it’s not our problem and we should stay on the sidelines will be the first to blame the US administration if Russian actions cause economic ripple effects felt here.
@wendythurm
@TheRickWilson
As I understand it, after the Arpaio pardon, Arpaio’s attorney had to enter a motion to dismiss. Presumably Mueller could challenge such motions, arguing the pardons are a furtherance of the conspiracy.
@babadookspinoza
The account was created just for that tweet, and the response came 4 minutes after the original tweet. A tip of the hat to the person who thought to create the account that quickly.
@Popehat
@TheSpiceDAO
I’m going to dust this one off, but I’d previously heard crypto currency referred to as Dunning-Krugerands, and never did it seem more appropriate.
@BarLevai
@michaeldickson
@StandWithUs
@benandjerrys
@Unilever
I remember that I first registered to vote at a Ben & Jerry’s sponsored festival the spring I turned 18. Little things like that are a perfectly legitimate bit of activism.
What they’re doing with their actions towards Israel is not activism.
@jbouie
I’d have started pulling out old Trump clippings to rebut the idea that Trump wasn’t racist for the first 69 years of his life:
“Was it racist when the Trump Organization violated federal anti discrimination laws by not renting to black people in 1973? They admitted they did."
@absurdistwords
Kafka couldn’t design a system better optimized to put someone in legal purgatory. Non-citizens are not allowed access to an attorney, even if they can afford one. Citizens are guaranteed an attorney. If ICE thinks you’re not a citizen, they won’t allow you to have an attorney.
@Rom_Teilly
@A_W_Gordon
If there are no charges here, it’s time for a class action suit against NYPD for systemically violating the civil rights of cyclists and pedestrians by refusing to enforce laws to prevent drivers from injuring/killing us. This is a particularly egregious example.
@jacobkornbluh
That his lawyers are standing by his side and participating in this nonsense pushes the limits of legal ethics. I wonder what the Bar Association would have to say about it.