Argumentative Essay: The Removal Of Richard Rojas

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On May 18th, 2017 a vehicle struck pedestrians on a sidewalk in New York City's Times Square, tragically killing one individual and injuring 20 others. The driver of the vehicle drove a red Honda sedan against traffic and the car crashed into a pole and came to rest on 45th Street and Broadway before police took the driver away. Police confirmed the person who was killed was 18-year-old Alyssa Elsman of Portage, Michigan. Elsman's 13-year-old sister was also injured in the incident. The driver, 26-year-old Richard Rojas from the city's Bronx borough, was identified as the suspect. Rojas faces 20 counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated vehicular homicide and a count of attempted murder in the second degree, according to the criminal complaint. The tragic accident could have been avoided if Richard Rojas attended a psychiatric rehabilitation with his mental health counselor, more security should have been around the Times Square area, and he should have had his license taken away after the DUI charges he faced back in 2008 and 2015. (cnbc.com) …show more content…

The NYPD chief of Manhattan South Detectives William Aubry said that they are looking into the suspect’s state of mind and psychological history in an attempt to determine the suspect’s motive. Rojas says that he had spoken to a mental health counselor at a local veteran’s center days before the tragedy. When he didn’t receive a callback, he reacted by plowing down pedestrians with his car in one of the busiest streets in the

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