Hello; As I began to read the link the expectation was that the teacher (Cross) was crossing in the middle of the block. But no, he was in the legal crosswalk. I also figgured he must have ignored the walk signal, but no he was with the signal. So crossing the street with the signal is a an activity that makes it his (Cross) fault that a cop hit him with a car. Be interesting if the cop was actually on the cell phone at the time as was speculated.
I always try to watch traffic real close when crossing the street even if I have the signal. Got to watch for cars any time you are walking. I came close to being hit in a Kroger parking lot a few days ago. I broke my rule and did not grab an empty shopping cart in the lot. I have found if I push an empty cart going into stores that cars seem more likely to give me the right of way. When I am walking without a cart they will press too close, often forcing me to stop or avoid them. Does not make sense but I think it is so. Some how the metal shopping cart seems to focus their attention. Try it and see for yourself.