Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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The family of a New York doorman killed by an NYPD officer in a drunken wrong-way collision raged at the former cop as she was sentenced to up to 12 years in prison — saying she “knows the damage that drunk driving causes a family” as a law officer.
asserted
driving → kill → officer
“She has seen firsthand the devastation that actions can leave behind,” said Eric Boitel, whose 61-year-old father Manuel was killed in January by then-cop Tiffany Howell.
asserted
Boitel → see → cop
“She knows that one reckless decision can take someone’s life, tear a family apart and leave loved ones carrying pain for the rest of their lives,” Eric said in a Westchester County court Wednesday as Howell received her sentence, CBS News reported.
asserted
News → know → sentence
Howell, 48, was sentenced to between 4 and 12 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and second degree manslaughter in August — and begged forgiveness with a shaking voice as she learned her fate.
asserted
she → sentence → fate
“I know that I made a terrible decision and I know that the consequences are irreversible,” she said, according to the New York Times.
uncertain
she → know → Times
“I know I shouldn’t have consumed alcohol and taken the wheel and I’m so incredibly sorry that I did,” she added.
asserted
she → know → wheel
The 18-year NYPD veteran’s blood alcohol was at least .18 — more than twice the legal limit — when she was driving on the wrong side of the Taconic State Parkway around midnight on Jan. 22, and slammed head-on into Manuel.
asserted
she → drive → Manuel
Boitel, who worked at an Upper East Side apartment building, was driving home to Peekskill after work when Howell — drunk after leaving an NYPD religious association event — drove south onto the northbound lanes in Westchester County and fatally hit him.
asserted
Howell → work → him
Photos from the scene showed their SUVs smashed up and nose to nose along the snow-covered Parkway median.
asserted
SUVs → show → median
Howell’s was suspended and then quit the NYPD within weeks of the wreck, while her attorney characterized the incident as a “stark departure from the behavior and characteristics she’s displayed her entire life” after her arrest.
asserted
she → suspend → arrest
But Assistant Attorney General Allison Stuart said that mattered little to Boitel and his surviving family.
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that → say → Boitel
“She had no regard for his life, or of any other life for that matter, as she drove into oncoming traffic,” Stuart said during a bail hearing at the time.
asserted
Stuart → have → time
And Judge Anne B. Bianchi echoed those comments during her sentencing Wednesday, calling Howell’s apology “superficial” and “self-serving.”
asserted
Bianchi → echo → apology
This is not your nightmare,” Bianchi said.
asserted
Bianchi → say → ?
“This is a situation you created and that you could have completely avoided.”
uncertain
you → create → that
Howell faced up to 25 years in prison before her August plea.
asserted
Howell → face → plea
Boitel, a married father of two, had long harbored dreams of joining the force himself.
asserted
Boitel → harbor → force
“He was always the first to help others, often putting the needs of those around him before his own,” a fundraiser to help his family read, adding that Boitel’s death “left a huge void in our family.”
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death → help → family
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