Recent Streetsblog SF posts about Traffic Justice

DA Investigating Charges Against Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2012 | 6 Comments

Criminal charges may be brought against the taxi driver who killed pedestrian Edmund Cappalla on August 11 at Eddy and Larkin Streets, according to Denis O’Leary, head of the SFPD Traffic Company. SFPD investigators reportedly submitted the case to the District Attorney’s office last Wednesday. While it’s not known which charges the DA could file, O’Leary said […]

Taxi Driver Who Killed Man in Tenderloin Yet to Be Cited or Charged

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 14, 2012 | 22 Comments

Police are still looking into whether charges could be filed against the taxi driver who allegedly ran a red light at Eddy and Larkin Streets Saturday, causing a car crash that killed pedestrian Edmund Capalla, the SF Examiner reports. The driver has reportedly yet to be arrested or cited. “We have to see if he was […]

Few Sober Drivers Who Did Not Flee Face Charges For Ped Deaths in 2011

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 3, 2012 | 1 Comment

Updated 8 p.m. As Streetsblog has reported, when a sober automobile driver strikes and kills a pedestrian in San Francisco and stays at the scene, charges are rarely filed. While evidence suggests motorists’ failure to yield is responsible for a plurality of pedestrian injuries in the city, new information furnished by the SF District Attorney’s office […]

Josh Calder, Drunk Driver Who Killed Nils Linke, Sentenced to Year in Jail

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 24, 2012 | 32 Comments

Josh Calder, who killed 22-year-old bicyclist Nils Yannick Linke in a drunk driving hit-and-run on Masonic Avenue nearly two years ago, was sentenced yesterday to one year in county jail followed by five years of probation. If he violates that probation, he will serve another eight years in state prison. The sentence was apparently lightened […]

DA Gascón Erroneously Blames the Victim in Most Pedestrian Fatalities

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 21, 2012 | 27 Comments

SF District Attorney George Gascón told reporters today that the reason so few drivers are charged in pedestrian injuries and fatalities is that “in the majority of those cases, unfortunately, the pedestrian has been the one deemed to be at fault.” “That’s why I keep saying, and I will keep saying it again, and again, […]

In SF, Victims of Traffic Violence Don’t Have Equal Protection

By Aaron Bialick | Jun 20, 2012 | 81 Comments

SF District Attorney George Gascón is set to bring felony vehicular manslaughter charges against Chris Bucchere later today for biking into 71-year-old Sutchi Hui in a crosswalk at Castro and Market Streets, killing him. Any traffic death on our streets deserves a thorough investigation with appropriate charges filed against the responsible party. But this high-profile case raises […]

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