Another Shooting on Grand and Putnam
[nggallery id=”21402″ template=galleryview] This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at…
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This is getting really old. In what seems to be an annual occurrence, there was another shooting on the corner of Grand and Putnam last night. The 88th Precinct won’t confirm a thing, but according to several people standing around on the corner this morning, a car drove by last night at around 10:30 and sprayed an empty parked car with bullets, and in the process hit a female “innocent bystander” in the leg. She was reportedly not killed but, as the photos show, she lost some blood; as you can also see, a number of bullet holes are visible in the side of the building. As most people in the neighborhood are aware, this corner has been a hotbed of illegal activity for years. Two summers ago, after a young man was murdered for saying something insulting about another man’s girlfriend, the block was put on lock-down for the summer, which did temporarily push the drug activity a block or two away—not exactly an ideal solution for the people who lived on those blocks. In the community meetings that always follow, the police act sympathetic and talk about how difficult it is to put drug dealers away, but at a certain point it all rings hollow. If this were happening on the Upper East Side, you can be sure it would have been shut down long ago.
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Call Curtis Sliwa! Maybe he can give you some jackets and flashlights! Plus you can accessorize with the little beanies.LMMFAO! You guys kill me! Look do more stories on the Projects, OK.
The What
Someday this war is gonna end..
BTW They don’t have shootings in Lodi NJ. Tony Soprano got things on lock here!
So 12:27 please give us the ‘tactics’ that will work to stop street crime, protect police lives , AND protect the innocent people of color from (what you describe as) harassment.
“So what should the police do? When they see activity that is consistent with drug dealing should they stop and question people? Well then isnt it only fair (and smart) to allow those same police, whose lives are actually at risk, to frisk this person to make sure no weapon is available?”
The “community” is complaining because law-abiding people are being stopped and frisked along with the criminals. The police SHOULD hang around these neighborhoods more and do more foot patrols. How else will they begin to understand who are the bad guys and who are just the regular people. Wearing a do-rag and baggy jeans does not make a person a criminal. People of color are aware of this and can spot the differences. Petrified white rookies from Long Island and New Jersey don’t know the difference, or respect or understand the community. More of the RIGHT people will be stopped and questioned if the police go about their duty in a more enlightened way. People who live in these neighborhoods KNOW the difference. I’m not saying that any of this is easy, but that’s the way things will have to be done to make some real changes.
Will you please shut up, The What.
There are more renters in this neighborhood than there are million dollar brownstone owners.
EVERYONE cares about the crimes that are happening. Not everyone is NEARLY as obsessed as you are about the alleged overpaying of bronwtones. Some people like to focus on issues that actually have to do with people, and human interaction.
Something you seem to know NOTHING about.
You are a really disgusting human being.
12:32 SHUT YOUR MOUTH…They were at a shady strip club with some shady friends who could barely make a statement…What are the cops supposed to do??? When someone looks like the have a gun or the cop feels threatended they need to make a quick decision…
I am so tired of the racism stuff but who is doing most of the crime and violence in Brooklyn…For Example in Boerum Hill with the projects when stuff happens there its the people from the projects and most of them are what color? These are facts my friend…
“The What, I don’t see the post as “another attempt to stir these [racist, classist] feeling among us.”
Bizzzzzz Wrong answer Sarah!
I think the intent was to draw attention to a devastating problem. The women in the post may not have gotten killed, and therefor the incident probably won’t appear in any of the newspapers, but what happened still has a terrorizing affect on the community, regardless of the race or class of the people living there.
Bizzzzzz Wrong answer Sarah!
This blog is about real estate and the quality of life in neighborhoods, and this certainly fits.
Oh oh make it stop! Wow I just did a hundred crunches! Oh tha’s funny
While you may not think this is worth bringing up, I’m sure a lot of the people in the community would like to see this issue brought to the forefront and discussed more often. Instead, you promote more violence by wishing that someone with good intentions gets shot (not that I think anyone deserves to get shot … that would be like being blanket pro-death penalty for anyone I don’t agree with).”
No Sarah, I want you dudes to wake up. You brought overpriced House and now you are trying to justify your madness!
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…
We did go to the 88th Precinct this morning. They gave us a phone number to call at Police HQ in Manhattan. Way to embrace the community!
I own those 4 buildings- I cant even count anymore how many times I have met with the PD
and Letitia James- even provided them with names apartment numbers and video of those tenants selling drugs-no responce- they just dont care
12:33
I’m a HS teacher in Bed Stuy. Some of the most well-behaved (and dressed) students of mine have shared some pretty horrifying, and unnecessary stories about their encounters with police. Try not to generalize.