NY police unit focuses on deadly crashes

[police brutality]

By J. David Goodman New York Times NEW YORK — For thousands of New York City detectives, violence is usually synonymous with crime. But for the two dozen tasked with investigating the city’s serious traffic crashes, the first question at any roped-off crime scene is determining whether a crime has taken place. With the murder rate at a historic low, the Police Department has quietly moved ...

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