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Cop Charged With Murder After Killing 11-Year-Old Girl in Car Ramming Assault
What began with a speeding ticket turned into a deadly flipping of an SUV with a family inside

29 October 2021


New York state tropper & killer Christopher Baldner

Police are overly fond of the practice they bloodlessly call the "precision immobilization technique," which in layperson's terms means ramming into a moving vehicle they want to stop. It is often done for something as simple as victimless traffic law enforcement. This week, New York state trooper Christopher Baldner was charged with second-degree murder for his overzealous use of this technique on a vehicle evading his attempt to give the driver a speeding ticket. The second time he rammed the SUV in question from behind, he flipped it upside down over a guardrail and killed an 11-year-old girl, Monica Goods, ...



 

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Bail Denied for NY Trooper Accused of Killing 11-Year-Old Girl in Vehicle Pursuit

5 November 2021



A New York State Police trooper was denied bail after being accused of deliberately ramming an SUV he was pursing, causing the vehicle to flip and led to the death of an 11-year-old Brooklyn girl. Christopher Baldner was remanded following Thursday's court appearance, meaning he will stay behind bars until his trial starts, where he faces second-degree murder charges for causing the death of Monica Goods in Dec. 2020. Tristan Goods was driving his wife and two daughters to visit relatives before Christmas when the trooper stopped him on I-87 for speeding in the town of Ulster, about 95 miles ...



 

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Trooper charged with murder in pursuit that killed girl, 11

27 October 2021



A New York state trooper was charged with murder Wednesday in the death of an 11-year-old girl by ramming his patrol vehicle into her family's vehicle in December, the state's attorney general announced. Trooper Christopher Baldner was indicted on charges of murder, manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the death of Monica Goods, whose family was traveling on the New York State Thruway on Dec. 22, 2020, when Baldner stopped them for speeding. According to prosecutors from the office of Attorney General Letitia James, who has jurisdiction over deaths caused by police officers, Monica's father, Tristan Goods, was driving north on ...



 

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Bail Denied for New York State Trooper Charged with Ramming a Family’s SUV, Killing 11-Year-Old Girl

7 November 2021



A New York State trooper charged with murdering an 11-year-old girl by ramming her family’s SUV must remain behind bars during his case. A judge denied bail on Thursday for Christopher Baldner, who faces a second-degree murder case for a crash that killed young Monica Goods. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Gashi called his actions that fateful Dec. 22, 2020, “deliberate, willful, and depraved,” according to CBS New York. This was no accident, the state asserted. The president of the state trooper’s union said after court that Baldner, who had deep ties to the community, would remain in the area if ...



 
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