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From the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal jumper down on Amsterdam Ave in Manhattan, an NYPD MVA on Amboy Rd on Staten Island and a child struck on Ryder Ave in Brooklyn.
A 12-year-old girl is in critical condition after being mowed down in a hit-and-run by a van in East New York last night.
Cops nabbed a pay phone thief in Queens who had a pocket full of change adding up to $2.60 and a paper clip.
The City Room complaint box looks at saggy pants!
Congressman Charles Rangel doesn't like President Obama butting into New York state politics.
Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg playing second rate NYC cops? We'd definitely Netflix it!
And Google didn't have a typo on their homepage—today was their 11th birthday.

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By Billy Parker in Miscellaneous on September 27, 2009 7:00 PM

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harrisgraber

I've had it up to here with these hit & run idiots. I'm almost at the point of supporting public beheadings for those killers.

They are cowards afraid of justice. If you can't put them in jail for life, at least make sure they never drive again. Assuming you catch them, of course. Cutting off their hands& feet would sit better with those of us who oppose capital punishment and would keep them from ever driving again. That's what's important, that they never again find themselves behind the wheel of a motor vehicle.

nicemarmot

I feel the same way. Accidents happen, but people have to be held accountable for their irresponsible behavior. If your idiocy leads to someone dying you should pay. It's complete BS that even when these people are caught, they are rarely held accountable. I support cutting off hands and feet, nice and barbaric.