Efrain Barreto Was Killed in Sunset Park. Brooklyn, Can You Help?
Last week, 82-year-old Efrain Barreto was killed on 60th Street by man riding an unregistered motor bike. No insurance. (See story and video)
The 32-year-old man riding the unregistered bike is free.
The family buried their father yesterday. Today, they asked residents in Brooklyn to call the assistant district attorney, Jonathan Johnson 718-250-2687, who is handling the case.
The family wrote: “Please call whether you knew Efrain Barreto or not.” Please tell the Assistant District Attorney’s Office that Efrain Barreto’s Life Mattered and that we cannot continue to allow these motorcyclists and mopeds to get away with injuries and terrorizing our neighborhoods. We need safer streets and we cannot tolerate the injustice and lawlessness that has become an everyday occurrence. The law has to change and if it has to start with my father, Efrain Barreto so that no one else gets killed, so be it .”
Efrain Barreto has lived in Sunset Park since 1967. Everyone in Sunset Park knows this family because they would help anyone! It takes five minutes to make a phone call and maybe Jonathan Johnson will actually do something.
Prayers for Efrain’s family.
Hugs,
marlene
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