Nadine Arslanian Menendez, whose Mercedes was severely damaged, was not taken into custody or tested for drugs and alcohol, according to The Record.
Nadine Arslanian Menendez, the wife and co-defendant of recently indicted Sen. Robert Menendez, struck and killed a man while driving in New Jersey in 2018, according to media reports.
The Record and The New York Times, citing police reports and police dash cam video, reported that Nadine Menendez, who was dating the senator at the time, was found by police in the small borough of Bogota to be “not at fault” in the crash in the because the victim, Richard Koop, was jaywalking. She was allowed to leave the scene.
Nadine, whose Mercedes was severely damaged, was not taken into custody or tested for drugs and alcohol, according to The Record. She was later joined at the scene by a retired cop from nearby Hackensack who told police that he didn’t know her but he was doing her a favor because she was a friend of his friend’s wife, according to The New York Times.
She’s not at fault because he was jaywalking. What a way to blame the victim. Also, why TF is jaywalking such a “thing” in the US?
Because most of the traffic laws are built around favoring cars over pedestrians, cyclists and public transit. The opposite of the common sense rules in most European countries.
Like many weird American things, there’s an episode of The Dollop podcast exploring it. I think it’s episode 193: When the Cars Came.
I feel like there might have been an episode of the Futility Closest about it too, but I can’t find it.
Reminds me of the partner of a US intelligence member who hit and killed a man in the UK and saw no repercussions. Vehicular manslaughter is becoming a top 10 US export.
