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.
Turning Up The Pressure on Grand and Putnam [Brownstoner]
Murder on Putnam: Will The Cops Show Up Now? [Brownstoner]
This has nothing to do with race or class, The What. I’ve seen no mention of the ethnicity of anyone involved with this crime and would certainly not ASSUME that the violence was done by any particular race or class.
If that is YOUR ASSUMPTION, I believe that would make you the racist one.
“BoCoCa”
UGH!
the what is clearly one of those who thinks it’s okay to take a life, to harm. that makes him a bad person and yes, a coward. fantasizing about a blogger being shot is pretty stupid, sad, and, yes, cowardly. the what, start your own blog about how great drug dealers on killing sprees are for a community of poor people. go for it – no really, I’m sure lots and lots of people would flock to your site to hear you lay out the truth from such a pulpit.
Although I agreed that the 88th must step up, we have to be realistic about how much the cops can actually do for you. Let’s be real people. The members of the community must act to change its culture and environment to effectively (and hopefully permanently) shift its course.
You don’t even live in New York State anymore, The What.
Please go away. You are no longer welcome here. Not that you ever were…
Seriously, please take the What’s posts off here.
Having someone threaten to commit violence is surely a good reason to halt freedom of speech in this instance.
“that’s it. I used to enjoy the what and sometimes even agree. his comment was above and beyond what is acceptable. The What, I ask you to apologize now to Brownstoner for your comment – it was an incitement to violence to someone who has done nothing to harm you and continues to allow you to post invective. if you’re too ashamed to apologize in front of the community, send him and e-mail, but do it. I cannot believe that you are that inhuman – if, indeed, you are that crass and committed to violence in the community, then you should slink away and refrain from anymore commentary. you’ve lost any platform you ever had if you can’t pull that yourself. I am saddened and disgusted. Brownstoner, even if I have disagreed with you much in the past, I am sorry that you had to read that from someone who pretends to have something of value to say.”
If you think I will apologize, you are sadly mistaken. I sat here for the last year watching the vile and underhand covert racism come from this blog! Like the story on THE PROJECTS! Brownstoner has gotten away with this type of behavior! He should have NEVER posted this story unless he was prepared for the blowback for the long time residents of this neighborhood! This blogs is supposed to be about Brownstones, not covert Race/Class warfare. This is THE HOOD, THIS IS NEW YORK! Things happen! This story here is another attempt to stir these feeling among us! Screw Brownstoner!
The What (Whatever)
Someday this war is gonna end….
Every neighborhood, whether it’s in manhattan or brooklyn needs to organize to get rid of the thugs – no-one deserves drive-by shootings and the only way to get it over with is to get attention any way you can. Get Tish involved (again), get marty, get bloomberg, the DA and finally, MUCH MORE PRESS. people shouldn’t be getting shot, I don;t care how ghetto your hood is, how black or how white. something is seriously wrong and the 88th must be getting rich from more than tax dollars if they let this continue on the same corners throughout brooklyn year after year.
The What, shut up. you just took yourself down multiple pegs, my friend. your time is over. yuck.
– old timer
What area is that? Thats pretty shady…
Is it me or does there seem to be more violence in Brooklyn lately?
I just bought in the BoCoCa area and it seems like NYC needs to beef up the police force somehow and stop paying these guys $22k to start…