hit and run

The teens attended a court hearing and covered their faces and mouths to hide from cameras as they appeared to be laughing. Ayala’s public defender, David Westbrook, also appeared to be laughing alongside the teen in the courtroom.

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Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance this week dropped the manslaughter charge against the ex-con son of a well-connected NYPD family who was caught on video driving onto a sidewalk while texting before striking and killing an outspoken civil rights activist, then fleeing the scene on foot and evading police for more than two months, all while he was on parole after serving a three-year prison stint on drug charges.