Friday Links
Police Shoot Robbery Suspect in Brooklyn [NY Times] It’s Not Too Late for Grooving [NY Times] Union Says Firefighters Forced to Bathe Elephant [AP] Fast Track Baby Born on the BQE [NY Daily News] Divers Rescue 500-pound Bell off Coney Island [NY Daily News] School Report Cards Show ‘Miraculous’ Improvement [Brooklyn Eagle] Wrongly Jailed Man…
Police Shoot Robbery Suspect in Brooklyn [NY Times]
It’s Not Too Late for Grooving [NY Times]
Union Says Firefighters Forced to Bathe Elephant [AP]
Fast Track Baby Born on the BQE [NY Daily News]
Divers Rescue 500-pound Bell off Coney Island [NY Daily News]
School Report Cards Show ‘Miraculous’ Improvement [Brooklyn Eagle]
Wrongly Jailed Man Wins $145K in Brooklyn [Brooklyn Eagle]
His History Is Not History [Brooklyn Paper]
Photo by hunter.gatherer from the Brownstoner Flickr pool
There is really very little done in restitution for wrongly convicted people. I once heard someone (a layperson) say, “Better a hundred innocent people go to jail than one guilty one goes free.” It gave the the shudders.
The prosecuters spend their evenings at home watching TV and sipping a cocktail while the railroaded wonder if their appeal will ever get through the docket.
That is a really great photo.