Blaming Pedestrians While Absolving the Streets That Kill Them

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By Angie SchmittJan 13, 2016, 11:05 am273 pts
How many pedestrians have to get killed on Louisville’s Dixie Highway before the press and police stop blaming victims? Image: Google via Broken Sidewalk It didn’t take long for Louisville to notch its first pedestrian death of the year. Brian O’Neal, 46, was killed on the sixth day of 2016 while…

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