I pretty much share your dim view of our local daily but I'm giving them a pass on this one.
It's customary for the police not to release the name of the driver in cases like this unless and until he's charged. I think that's a good idea, at least while the investigation, because the nut jobs around love to rush in long before the facts are known. Remember that poor guy who accidentally ran over a goose at Tod's (or maybe Bruce Park, who remembers)? It was an accident, for Crissake, but his name was released and he later reported receiving hate mail, vicious phone calls, death threats, etc. from the PETA folks. That's unfair, I think.
So its your blog and you are of course free to go after whomever you want but I won't nail them for this in mine. Give me a crummy editorial, however, and I'm there.
Best,
Comment:
Dear Chris,
I Will Defer To You If You Say That This 20 Year Old Mystery Drivers Name Should Not Be Released. You Are An Attorney And I Am Not.
However, Something Doesn't Seem Kosher To Me.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Mows Down This Poor Guy On A Bike.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Carries The Dead Biker Rider On His Hood For A Quite A Distance According To A Police Sargent.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Travels Way Down The Road And Hits A Telephone Pole.
The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Travels So Far Down The Road That Persons Gathered Around The Dead Body Know Nothing Of The White SUV Hitting The Telephone Pole Way Down The Street.
A Cablevision News Crew Films The Accident Scene And The Police Do Not Made Them Aware Of The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver, Causing Them To Report That A Hit And Run Driver Killed Some Poor Guy On A Bike.
The Woman Who Stopped Her Car When She Saw A Dead Body In The Road And Ran To A house To Call 911 Was Unaware That The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Had Crashed Way Down The Road.
The The Greenwich Police Department Did Not Give The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver A Field Sobriety Test.
Then The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Was Sent To An Out Of Town Hospital And Soon Released.
Twelve Hours After The Guy On The Bike Is Killed The Greenwich Police Department Isn't Talking.
In Fact, The Greenwich Police Department First Started Saying That The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver "Remained On The Scene", But That Did Not Jive With Witness Accounts And The Cablevision News Video.
So Then The Police Said They Found The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver "Parked Against A Utility Pole".
When The Police Were Asked If Speed Could Have Been A Factor In Causing The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver To Kill The Guy On The Bike. The Greenwich Police Department Refused To Answer The Question.
Even Though The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Mowed The Poor Biker Down In A 25 MPH Speed Zone And Then Carried Him A Fair Distance Before Depositing Him In Someones Driveway And Then Continued Driving Way Down The Road A Crashing Into A Telephone Pole.
While I Agree That The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver's Name Should Not Be Released Unless He Is Charged,
I Do Not Agree That The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Should Not Have Been Charged Two Nights Ago.
At The Very Least The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Should Have Been Charged With Leaving A Scene Of A Vehicular Death That He Was Personally Involved In.
The Only One Who Stopped That Night Was A Good Samaritan That Saw A Body In The Road And Ran To A House To Call 911.
This Wasn't A Little Fender Bender Or A Knocked Over Mailbox.
Joey Was Mowed Down And Left To Die In Someones Driveway.
Think About If It Was Your Child Or Grandchild Left To Die On The Side Of The Road.
Something About This Whole Greenwich Police Department Investigation Just Doesn't Pass The Smell Test Ever Since I Heard The The 20 Year Old Mystery Hit And Run Driver Suposedly "Remained At The Scene" And Nobody Saw Him.
If The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Had Immediately stopped And Called 911, Then Maybe Joey Could Have Been Saved.
But We Will Never Know Because The Heartless Cold Blooded 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Kept On Flying Down The Road Until He Hit A Telephone Pole.
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