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elizabeth-cooper t1_j8efgw3 wrote

It appears that he was fleeing a traffic stop.

>The man had been stopped by the police for driving erratically. He then fled the traffic stop and hit several pedestrians.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/brooklyn-truck-hit-pedestrians.html

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SSG_SSG_BloodMoon t1_j8fa6vn wrote

The police later said that he had already hit people by the time he was stopped; guess it won't be clear until later

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Turbulent_Link1738 t1_j8ei95q wrote

And that’s why cops don’t bother with traffic laws. To actually enforce them means people will get hit by cars.

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TechnicallySpaghetti t1_j8ek1cu wrote

The cops don't need any more excuses to not do their jobs, bootlicker.

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ripstep1 t1_j8frzw0 wrote

“If we sent a social worker he wouldn’t have run over these people. The true crime here is the cops racially targeted this innocent man with a traffic stop.”

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