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Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:46 PM Oct 2012

NYPD is billing family for cop car that ran over and killed someone...



In April 2012, Tamon Robinson was struck and killed by an NYPD police car after Robinson was allegedly caught stealing cobblestones from a public housing complex.

Six months later, Robinson's mother says the city is ordering the family to pay $710 to pay for the damages on the very car that killed her 27-year-old son.

45-year-old Laverne Dobbinson told The Daily News, "We’re still grieving, and this is like a slap in the face. They want my son to pay for damage to the vehicle that killed him. It’s crazy."

An attorney for the family filed an intent to sue the city and hopes to prevent the department from issuing any repairs to the vehicle as the case is still under investigation. "In my 40 years of practicing law in this city I have never seen anything as heartless as this," the lawyer told The News, referring to the bill sent to Tamon's family.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/05/tamon-robinsons-mother-laverne-dobbinson-owes-nypd-for-car-damage_n_1942887.html
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NYPD is billing family for cop car that ran over and killed someone... (Original Post) Archae Oct 2012 OP
Bloomberg and Ray Kelly Are not good for this city. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #1
Are they going to start charging for the bullets when they kill?? Angry Dragon Oct 2012 #2
 

hrmjustin

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1. Bloomberg and Ray Kelly Are not good for this city.
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 11:51 PM
Oct 2012

This is really low. I never voted for Bloomberg. Never!

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