Sabeeh Alalkawi’s Honda Civic slides down Hoosick Street after being struck by a Troy police SUV driven by Officer Justin Byrnes on Feb. 22, 2023. The officer’s SUV, at right, sheared through a utility pole and spun across Hoosick Street after the collision that killed Alalkawi.

A state attorney general report on the crash that killed Sabeeh Alalkawi has been released nearly two years after a Troy police officer slammed into the 30-year-old’s sedan on Hoosick Street.

The interminable foot-dragging by the attorney general’s office was a clear indication it would decline to press criminal charges against Officer Justin Byrnes. And that’s exactly what happened, even though the 22-page report from Attorney General Letitia James' Office of Special Investigation contains ample evidence the officer’s conduct was dangerous and irresponsible.

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