the police would arrest them both for breach of peace. Anonymous should never have initiated the dispute.
If the driver turned right on red, Anonymous was crossing on red.

anonymous is supposed to cross on red - they're a pedestrian.

Townie: The reporter's issue is almost being run over while legally crossing the street, and then being verbally assaulted after protesting. It doesn't sound like the content of the verbal assault was much the issue, though it was rather tasteless especially considering the unsafe condition the driver has created.

"run over"?
Let's not get dramatic.
The fact is , if the police we're called, as a dispute between 2 parties, both would be arrested.
There are two sides to every story, so don't assume on persons posting is gospel truth.

Wow! See Click Fix works!

I posted this as a third-party observer. I was not the one crossing the street. The pedestrian was crossing on a WALK sign from north to south on Orange and the driver was turning right, from Orange to Grove, on red, thus illegaly. The pedestrian was a rather heavy-set man, and was completely in his rights to be crossing on the walk sign.

I don't think it merits police action, but if I were the driver's supervisor, and saw this unfold, I would fire him.

Many people who drive in this city need to re-take driver's ed, and maybe a refresher course on laws and safety. A pedestrian always has the right of way- no matter what. Especially if they are crossing in a cross walk or corner to corner.

Also, what are the chances this driver had his turn signal on, so the pedestrian knew the driver was turning? We are not psychic you know. I get yelled at by drivers who don't put on their turn signal- so I start to cross thinking the driver is going straight, cuz apparently I'm supposed to know they are turning!

I have had this happen to me from a City worker- you have to press hard and climb right to the top i.e director's office- push for a complaint and the most you will get is they spoke with the worker and he/she will apologize if you request. People need to calm themselves with the arrest scenario, IF the cops respond the outcome is usually apology or forget it.

Has the appropriate city office been contacted directly?

Update: A local elected official has contacted Parks & Rec, Transportation, & Town Green District about this issue.

Please post if you find any other information.

Glad to hear this has found its way to the right audience!

Nothing will be done because there is no proof that this happened.

Closing the issue has it been documented unless there is a proposed fix.

Thanks for posting,
Ben

Thank you. According to public responses to local elected officials, there are no camera feeds available at this time and Town Green has confirmed it was not one of their vehicles.

If there had been physical injury, further investigation would have been pursued. Local authorities have been made aware of this - if you happen to see the offending driver again, please take note of date/time and circumstances here.

Please feel free to reopen the issue for discussion if you think that there is a proposed fix (e.g., further investigation into who the offender might be).