jaywalking
Lefty NYC pols want to legalize jaywalking
Far-left City Council Democrats are pushing to legalize jaywalking– a move critics ripped as yet another step in the wrong direction for the crime-plagued Big Apple. Councilwoman Mercedes Narcisse, a Democrat...
Southern California man arrested 3 times in one day
James Langdon's first arrest happened around 3 a.m. in Glendale in Los Angeles after he allegedly led police on a foot pursuit when officers tried to cite him for jaywalking.
Council Speaker Corey Johnson wants cops to stop ticketing jaywalking
The City Council leader thinks cops should get to steppin’. The police department should lay off jaywalkers and end its random and biased enforcement of a law every New Yorker...
Footage shows beating that led to assault charges against cop
RALEIGH, N.C. — A white North Carolina officer is shown putting a black pedestrian in a chokehold in video released Monday that offers more footage of a police beating that...
Facial recognition technology can now text jaywalkers a fine
Jaywalkers in China are to be named, shamed and slapped with an instant SMS fine. And it's all thanks to cutting-edge artificial intelligence. In the southeastern city of Shenzhen, police...
Charges dropped against 17 suspects arrested by ex-cop seen in beating video
North Carolina prosecutors dropped criminal charges against 17 suspects after their arresting officer was busted for beating a black man he accused of jaywalking. Buncombe District Attorney Todd Williams said...
Ex-cop who 'beat the s--t out of' jaywalk suspect charged with assault
A white ex-cop in North Carolina caught on bodycam video beating a black man suspected of jaywalking has been arrested on assault charges, authorities said. Christopher William Hickman, who resigned...
Man ticketed for jaywalking after getting hit by truck
HACKENSACK, N.J. — A man in a New Jersey city who was hit by a truck crossing the street has been issued a summons for jaywalking. The 57-year-old man was...
Jaywalker killed by charter bus on Upper East Side
A 39-year-old man was struck and killed by a charter bus while jaywalking on the Upper East Side Wednesday, a police source said. The man was wearing headphones while crossing...
Cop placed on leave after slamming jaywalker to ground
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California police officer has been placed on administrative leave after throwing a jaywalker to the ground and striking him in the face multiple times in an...
Bronx cops continue to lead the city in jaywalking tickets
If crossing against the light on Grand Concourse doesn’t cost your life, it will at least cost your wallet. Cops wrote 107 jaywalking tickets in The Bronx’s 46th Precinct in...
Teens get jaywalking tickets in ER after de Blasio crackdown
Brooklyn cops who said they were following Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero orders to crack down on reckless drivers and pedestrians gave two bleeding 16-year-old girls jaywalking tickets as they...
Jaywalker killed on Grand Central Parkway
A man crossing the Grand Central Parkway in Queens was hit by two cars and killed Friday night, cops said. Fidel Vidal Diaz, 31, was jaywalking as there were no...
Rage as cops slap 452 with jaywalking tickets — in 2 months!
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is walking to a different drumbeat than most New Yorkers. In just over two months on the job, he has embraced Mayor de Blasio’s vow to...
Elderly man bloodied by cops for jaywalking still facing charges
The son of a frail, 84-year-old man — bloodied by cops after he jaywalked on the Upper West Side and didn’t understand police officers’ orders to stop — called the ordeal a...
De Blasio jaywalks as he preaches road safety
He talks the talk — but won’t walk the walk. Mayor de Blasio, who has been lecturing about pedestrian safety since he stepped foot in City Hall, strolled across a...
Pedestrian pinned by taxi in Midtown
A pedestrian crossing a Midtown street Tuesday afternoon was hit by a taxi and pinned beneath the vehicle. A puddle of blood next to a crosswalk on 6th Avenue marked...
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford nabbed again, this time for jaywalking
Toronto’s mayor has run afoul of the law again.Cops in Vancouver slapped Rob Ford with a ticket for jaywalking Friday night after he crossed a street against a red light,...