A man was arrested today for purposely driving his car into protestors downtown
This is a red flag we must take seriously.
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Crashes, road rage, reckless driving — these are all violent things that emanate from traffic. We use the term “traffic violence” to capture the tragedy and toll of these incidents.
This is a red flag we must take seriously.
I take comments like this very seriously.
An event next Tuesday will take over a street just yards from where Friday’s tragedy occurred.
Police have arrested the suspect.
Threat of injury or death from ODOT’s SE Powell Blvd is omnipresent.
She didn’t deserve to die. The man who hit her deserves more consequences.