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Joseph Gray is a former New York City Police Department officer who killed three pedestrians, leading to a stillbirth, on August 4, 2001 while driving drunk in Brooklyn. The event "mushroomed into scandal" when it was discovered that other officers were drinking with Gray in a topless bar and a nearby precinct parking lot before the incident.〔CNN. August 9, 2001. "NYPD precinct cited for alcohol, command problems".〕 Five officers were suspended and five were transferred, including the precinct's commanding officer, executive officer and integrity control officer.〔 The two officers who were on probation at the time were ultimately dismissed.〔Susan Saulny. June 19, 2002. "(Judge Upholds Dismissal of Officers )". ''New York Times''.〕 The ''New York Times'' cited the incident as an example of the blue wall of silence, "the tradition of the police lying or looking the other way to protect their own", because of the attempts of some of Gray's colleagues to get him off.〔New York Times. May 8, 2002. "(Tear Down the Wall )".〕 The ''Times'' compared the incident to the testimony of Frank Serpico and the assault of Abner Louima.〔 According to Prof. Jerome Skolnick at New York University Law School, "The blue wall is still an issue, and it's not surprising that sort of behavior would take place around drinking, which is seen as a kind of a venial sin. It is so widespread that cops are most likely to cover up for one another on that issue."〔 ==The incident== On Saturday August 4, 2001, at 9 p.m. Gray was speeding through a red light on Third Avenue on the Gowanus Expressway with his minivan when he struck pregnant Maria Herrera, 24, her son Andy, 4, and her sister Dilcia Peña, 16, while crossing a street in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.〔〔James P. Fried. October 5, 2003. "(Following Up )". ''New York Times''.〕〔〔 The three were killed instantly.〔 Herrera was eight and a half months pregnant; her unborn child was delivered in an emergency Caesarean procedure but did not survive.〔 Gray was 15 miles over the 30 m.p.h. speed limit.〔 He had a blood-alcohol level of .23, more than twice the legal limit.〔 He was offduty at the time of the incident.〔 Four officers had been drinking with Gray at the Wild Wild West topless bar, which was listed as off-limits to officers of the 72nd precinct.〔 Gray had had 12 to 18 beers in the previous 12 hours.〔 Before the paramedics arrived, Gray told witness Freddy Roman, "Come on, man, we all have a few beers once in a while."〔 Gray was released without bail on the Sunday after his arraignment, sparking outrage among the victim's families, and many New Yorkers.〔 Mayor Rudy Giuliani stated that he "should have been held on high bail whether he was or he wasn't a police officer. Everybody should be held to an extremely high standard when it comes to drunk driving."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Gray (police officer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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