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the park slope attack is disturbing

but i bet the curbed thread with the mom whining about cursing and smoking by park employess gets more comments

i hope this woman makes a full recovery
scary stuff

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 9:31 AM

ps is dangerous. i would never live there.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 9:32 AM

There must be some mistake. We all know that nothing bad EVER happens in Park Slope.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 10:34 AM

Another reason to abolish parole.

Bad things happen in PS, only less so than in areas like Crown Heights, which has seen 11 murders this year, whereas PS has seen none.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 10:37 AM

From no losses to $5B, all within a month from one city. Wow!

Beautiful day in the markets, The What?

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 11:25 AM

You're right tWhat. Do ya wanna tell me what the aggregate value of the portfolios is, so I can get a sense of what a $5B loss is? Probably a relatively inconsequential amount in the long haul. But yeah, the news is disturbing, so I am gonna go do a crossword puzzle at my desk, then maybe a nap in the storage closet -- humble civil servant, questioning causality

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 11:43 AM

Forget Park Slope. We all know that crime occurs only in black neighborhoods like Crown Hghts,Bedstuy,Clinton Hill. Oops....my bad...there is also drug dealing and killings in Bayridge.Stop the presses, it was reported.Been going on for years, just that they are never caught. Very discreet in how they conduct their illegal activities. Like I always said, all kinds of crimes being committed in every neighborhood and town of good old USA.Just a matter of when or if you get caught.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 1:01 PM

Of course...this violent con who attacked that Park Slope woman was on the streets because he was put in a drug treatment program.Isnt that something? Selling drugs and he is put in a drug treatment program.Unreal.Had he been of a different nationality , they wouldnt have passed go and he would have been sent straight to jail with the key thrown away.Some things will never change. What is the plan now? Which program are they putting him in now? Simply amazing.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 1:07 PM

Fabulous picture. Great grafitti!

Full sympathies to the woman who was attacked and her neighbors. What an awful thing to have happen -- no matter where you live.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 2:28 PM

1:07, you clearly have no experience with substance abuse treatment programs in nyc. Plenty of black and hispanic men and women are diverted to these programs from city, state, and federal probation, parole, and pre-trial entities. Whites are definitely a minority in those settings.

Posted by: guest at June 26, 2008 3:21 PM