Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Justice

Investigation on the Trucker Who Killed Emitt Jackson Remains Opaque

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 17, 2013 | 7 Comments

On October 4, a truck driver crushed 68-year-old Emitt Jackson, pinning him against a parked vehicle and killing him. But police have yet to release the name of the driver, any further information on the investigation, and whether the driver could face charges. Jackson is at least the 11th pedestrian to be killed in SF […]

Victims Share Tales of SFPD Anti-Bike Bias and Hostility at City Hall

By Aaron Bialick | Oct 8, 2013 | 93 Comments

When Sarah Harling was hospitalized by a minivan driver who made a left turn into her at a stop sign intersection, she says the SFPD officer who filed the police report included a fabricated statement from her claiming that she “approached the stop sign without stopping.” Harling said she tried to submit a response to […]

SFPD Faults Trucker in Le Moullac’s Death, Apologizes for Ernst’s Behavior

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 30, 2013 | 25 Comments

San Francisco police have determined that the truck driver who killed Amelie Le Moullac on her bike this month was at fault for the crash, after footage of the incident was found by the SF Bicycle Coalition. SFPD Chief Greg Suhr has also apologized in statements to the press for the behavior of Sergeant Richard […]

In Cleveland, Trucker Went to Prison, Lost License for Killing Woman on Bike

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

So far, no charges have been filed against the truck driver who earlier this month turned right across the bike lane on Folsom Street, killing 24-year-old Amelie Le Moullac. SFPD investigators are reviewing the video of the crash that SFBC staffer Marc Caswell located and handed to them — a piece of evidence that police say will […]

SFBC Finds What SFPD Didn’t: Video of Crash That Killed Amelie Le Moullac

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 23, 2013 | 124 Comments

Soon after an SFPD sergeant harassed bicycle advocates at a rally for safer streets at the site where Amelie Le Moullac was killed, SF Bicycle Coalition Program Manager Marc Caswell found what SFPD investigators claimed they couldn’t: two surveillance cameras facing the street, one of which had footage showing the truck driver running over Le […]

At Safe Streets Rally, SFPD Blocks Bike Lane to Make Point of Victim-Blaming

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 21, 2013 | 172 Comments

Update: Shahum reported that SFBC staffer Marc Caswell found a surveillance camera at an auto body shop which has footage of Le Moullac’s crash, even though SFPD has said no such footage could be found. More on that story later as it develops. San Francisco Police Sergeant Richard Ernst apparently decided that the best way to […]

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