From the San Fran Chronicle: On Nov. 16, 2010, an unlicensed driver named Roberto Galo took a left turn at Harrison and 16th streets and hit motorcyclist Drew Rosenberg.
After Galo then backed over Rosenberg's body, the law-school student
died. A jury convicted Galo for manslaughter and driving without a
license. After serving 43 days in jail, he was released on
home detention.
Don Rosenberg of Westlake Village (Los Angeles County) blames San
Francisco politics for his son's death. He also fears that the
like-minded Obama
administration will shield unlicensed drivers to the detriment of public
safety - and Washington isn't giving him reason to believe otherwise.
This sanctuary city has been so eager to protect illegal immigrants
who cannot obtain California drivers' licenses that in 2009, then-Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the city no longer would impound the cars of unlicensed drivers automatically. In 2008, the AAA Foundation for Public Safety
reported that 29 percent of fatal car crashes in California involved a
driver without a valid license. No worries. San Francisco sent a message
to folks who haven't even passed a driver's test: You can drive here
and get away with it.
Accidents happen, but Rosenberg doesn't see this crash as an accident - Galo, after all, backed over Rosenberg's son.
You can't blame California's law that denies driver's licenses to
illegal immigrants. As a legal immigrant given temporary protective
status, Galo was eligible for a driver's license. But he didn't have
one, and he drove anyway. That decision demonstrated a reckless
disregard for the safety of others and disrespect for California law.
Repeated disrespect. Five months earlier, police stopped Galo for
driving the wrong way on a one-way street and driving without a license.
He paid a $220 fine. Then-Police Chief George Gascón
- now the district attorney - supported the Newsom plan. He even told
me at the time that it would help legal residents who couldn't afford to
get a license or driver training. Does he still support it? No answer
from his office.
Know the Truth
5 hours ago
What do you expect from a culture in which obeying traffic laws are considered optional? I'm not kidding.
ReplyDeleteThis is disgraceful! The victim would likely still be alive if this turd had been deported. Plenty of US Citizens are killed by people who should never have been in the US to begin with.
BTW - have you heard about an immigrant Obama WANTS to deport? Check here: http://www.vdare.com/articles/memo-from-middle-america-obama-s-administrative-amnesty-not-applicable-to-white-legal-engli