Another Mugging in Fort Greene
While it pales in comparison to some of the other crime that took place over the holidays, this one may be of local interest: On the day after Christmas a thirty-something couple was mugged on Adelphi Street off Dekalb Avenue. One of the two teens grabbed the man and told him to Give me what…
While it pales in comparison to some of the other crime that took place over the holidays, this one may be of local interest: On the day after Christmas a thirty-something couple was mugged on Adelphi Street off Dekalb Avenue. One of the two teens grabbed the man and told him to Give me what you have, reports The Brooklyn Paper. The couple coughed up $50 in cash and several credit and banking cards.
Agree that this is dumb.. how many muggings happen each day in the city? this is not news.
Brownstoner – please before this go look in the mirror and seriously analyze why you are WRITING such articles.
Even in the lowest days of crime (last year!) a robbery occurs every other day (on average) in the 88th Precinct ( not bad for a population close to 100K)
YET you write your post using terms like “Another mugging” – FYI – it is always “another” mugging – we aint going to zero
and “while it may pale in comparison to…[Murder}” – thereby making it seem like the streets are out-of-control (i.e. we are so inundated with violence, a robbery is nothing) – of course YOU IGNORE the fact that murder in the 88th precinct is down FORTY PERCENT since last year (thru 12/28).
So why despite these FACTS do you insist on creating the image of mayhem and approaching doom? – is it because such posts generate traffic (are you so easily bought?); is it because you “feel” like crime is increasing? (if so is it so difficult to learn the truth); or is it because you secretly hope that Brooklyn becomes less gentrified and more “cutting edge” (if so are you so stupid is to not see the human damage that you are rooting for)
or is it some other reason – and frankly there is NO LEGITIMATE REASON to make such posts with ZERO CONTEXT and subtle hyperbole – so please do some reflection and figure out what is wrong with you that causes your actions in this regard.
I have to agree with others, as well. This is not worthy of the site. Brooklynian loves this stuff, let them do it. I don’t want to come here for that.
This really does nothing other than foment race and class issues that do nothing to help us all come together in increasingly difficult times. There are always going to be muggers, there will always be street crime, in all neighborhoods, even the best. Perhaps even more in the best. Fort Greene is still a great neighborhood. Constantly reporting on muggings only reinforces the negatives of the neighborhood, and unfairly so. It also keeps people focused and angry about issues of race, class and poverty in this country that cannot, and will not be solved on Brownstoner. Would that they could.
I don’t think it’s realistic to pretend or hope that Ft. Greene/Clinton Hill will go back to being “the ghetto”. First of all, it never was, and secondly, too many good people of all incomes and persuasions have worked too hard and too long to make them two of the most popular neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Brownstoner has always been about that, let’s keep it that way.
This information is available widely – check the very link provided for a more complete police blotter.
If b’stoner feels that crime reporting is important then follow the suggestion above and create a weekly crime report, but do it factually and with statistics where relevant.
What I object to is uneven reporting and sensationalized headlines. I actually think What’s original rant is not far off the mark. Why was this crime reported and not the fact that a man was shot in the legs on st.edward’s place at myrtle avenue? B-stoner is cherry picking crime to feed a narrative of gentrifier fear… “ANOTHER MUGGING”….
I think simply posting about these muggings is not “fear mongering”, it is reporting a fact. The language used in the Brooklyn Paper article was much more sensationalist. I like to know what is going on in my neighborhood, not because I am going to panic but because I want to be aware.
PP.. roving groups of gentrifiers? that might be scarier than two teens actually.
*rob*
Brownstoner-
What is the purpose of the crime postings- Hopefully, it’s because you want to help alert your community to what’s going on.
However, simply posting the fact that a mugging occurred is just going to result in the kind of fear mongering that the other posters are complaining about.
When 60s and 70s gentrifiers were working on their brownstones, they would do block watches and community walks- groups of people walking the block to make sure it was safe – that kind of stuff can’t happen on a website, but a community like yours is a really great place to organize it.
FWIW I like to know about these muggings.
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