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PlentyEquivalent5619 t1_j2b14g9 wrote

I’ve lived all over the country and briefly in Mexico City. Jersey City is by far the most unsafe I’ve ever felt as a pedestrian.

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j2cjlcx wrote

Including Florida? Cause I feel way safer walking in JC than there. The idea of yielding to a pedestrian in a crosswalk does not exist there, plus the average speed limit is more like 45 than 25.

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PlentyEquivalent5619 t1_j2dbk71 wrote

I’ve never lived in Florida but had plenty of instances here where I’m halfway across an intersection in the crosswalk and a car flies by me.

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Naive_Inevitable_268 t1_j2b4pyu wrote

https://hudsonreporter.com/2022/12/27/councilwoman-amy-degise-hit-and-run-case-now-has-a-court-date/?amp

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possums101 t1_j2a4fjv wrote

She’s definitely an asshole who should have stopped but she didn’t cause the accident I don’t know what she has to do with this.

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twanzetters t1_j2ao3yn wrote

Acknowledge that someone who runs from the scene of a accident is unfit the represent the city with the best interest of its residents in mind and resign from her position.

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possums101 t1_j2aoa6t wrote

Um sure I never said otherwise. This article is about traffic deaths though which is my point.

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214ObstructedReverie t1_j2dqjhf wrote

I know, right? She didn't even stop to make sure she finished the guy off.

That kind of laziness is inexcusable for an elected leader.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j2bstt1 wrote

The law says she has an obligation to not operate her vehicle in an unsafe manner or impact other persons or property.

This is black and white: she broke the law. Stop victim blaming.

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possums101 t1_j2bxkot wrote

At no point did I imply in this thread she didn’t break the law. She obviously did. Her charges have nothing to do with the crash itself because she wasn’t at fault. Cyclist ran a red light that’s just a fact. The crime she committed was never even stopping to check if the guy is okay.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j2byf07 wrote

Someone running a red light doesn’t make hitting someone legal.

They’re going after the more serious charges. If those don’t stick, they can try for the others. That’s how NJ does it. The crime with the steeper penalties take priority.

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podkayne3000 t1_j2a9xv6 wrote

I think some political group (Republicans, or Solomonites, if the Solomonites are actually separate from the Republicans) is just spamming the board with anti-DeGise stuff, then mass downvoting anyone who dares to stand up to them, for the sake of politics.

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jersey-city-park t1_j2aaurd wrote

They legitimately think the amy circle jerk on this sub contributes anything other than spamming and annoying every one on this sub

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JeromePowellAdmirer t1_j2ahdey wrote

Counterpoint: hit and run bad.

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podkayne3000 t1_j2c6cbg wrote

It’s hard to tell what people’s motives are. If you’re really a regular independent person who’s furious about the hit and run and starts downvoting people, OK.

But it just feels as if the volume of anti-DeGise posts, and the mass downvoting of anyone with a slightly different perspective, are too high to be natural.

The county is doing all sorts of terrible things. It’s letting the state, Brian Stack and Paul Fireman pave over and ruin Liberty State Park, for example. And it’s crushing High Tech. But all we hear about is the hit and run, never anything about the bad things the county and state are doing. Probably because the Republicans running the organized anti-DeGise campaign are best friends with Fireman.

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jersey-city-park t1_j2akot0 wrote

Counterpoint: social media activist contribute nothing to society

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G_Funk_Error t1_j2ao86x wrote

Counterpoint: bootlickers also contribute nothing to society.

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Miringanes t1_j2b3ztr wrote

Counterpoint: I lived in JC for 7 years and was never hit by Amy DeGuise

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podkayne3000 t1_j2c5fo2 wrote

What I hate most is the mass downvoting. They’re just a bunch of bullies who can’t tolerate dissent of any kind.

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