A state judge has ruled that every red-light ticket written to a cyclist under the state's vehicle and traffic law since 2019 is bogus. The city legalized the practice of biking through a red light on a pedestrian 'walk' signal, yet NYPD cops have been wrongly writing tickets for cyclists who go through the 'red' on the walk signal.
"Today's plea and sentence cannot undo the devastation of that day, nor will it bring back the life that was lost. But it does mark a step toward justice and a measure of closure for the victims and their families whose lives have been forever changed."
I chose my friends poorly, and your friends have a tendency to rub off on you. And so I started making poor decisions. The next night I made a plan of how to do it, and I did it. And I didn't get caught doing it, [but] I got caught afterwards.
Reifschneider said he tries to think about a moment when he helped someone, even if it's something mundane like pulling up behind a driver who ran out of gas. He's encouraged his fellow police officers to also reflect on a good deed.
Detectives are investigating a rash of five home burglaries in six days in the San Fernando Valley, police said, including one incident where a burglar assaulted a resident.