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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Paulina Tec Choc, 29, was waiting on her bike at the light at Jamaica Avenue and Cypress Hills Street early Tuesday morning when the driver of a 2006 Ford F-250 headed westbound struck her from behind then ran her over and fled the scene

Police have yet to locate any of the alleged hit-and-run drivers behind the three fatal crashes.

Ah, so all those cameras you use to violate our constitutional rights on a daily basis are just useless when it comes to doing anything but persecuting minorities, I get it.

[–] infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Not just minorities. Or rather, in a traffic crime situation cops treat all cyclists as minorities. Cyclist dies or is seriously injured by driver, driver flees scene, cops don't investigate or claim inability to investigate despite surrounding businesses and residences having dozens of cameras... This has been a trope in NYC for decades, long before public backlash against surveillance hit the zeitgeist. They just don't care about cyclists if it means actually pursuing enforcement on motorists. There's been cases where the victim or their friends personally gathered clear footage from private surveillance and the cops still don't act.

[–] xiao@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago