Muggings in Fort Greene
A tipster pointed out to us that the Carlton-Willoughby Block Association began passing out these flyers on Tuesday. The flyers warn that there have been three muggings in as many weeks in or around the Fort Greene area, and that residents should be more inconspicuous and careful when walking alone with iPods and mobile phones….
A tipster pointed out to us that the Carlton-Willoughby Block Association began passing out these flyers on Tuesday. The flyers warn that there have been three muggings in as many weeks in or around the Fort Greene area, and that residents should be more inconspicuous and careful when walking alone with iPods and mobile phones. Of the three muggings, fortunately no one has been seriously injured.
the kindle > something tells me they won’t mug you for that!
rh – Thank you. Exactly. The fewer people there are around you, the more aware you need to be of who those people are and what they are doing. You learn little things, like how someone who is walking with a purpose can usually just be ignored, and conversely someone who isn’t doing anything in particular might be looking for trouble. You learn to avoid some groups of young men but not others. Guys playing basketball – duh, they’re just playing ball and are not going to mess with you. Guys walking down the street looking for something to do and/or prove: maybe just take a different route or cross the street. Obviously there are situations where you are just going to get robbed and there is nothing you can do about it but I think a lot of muggings are much more opportunistic than people think and if you don’t provide the opportunity they won’t happen.
Lechacal, I love your solutions 🙂
Growing up in NYC in the “bad old days”, we developed street smarts that is lacking in today’s city. Even though crime is way down, I still cringe at some of the things I see people do. No matter how safe, it’s still a city. Like that stupid tourist t-shirt with the gun says: This ain’t Kansas.
people move to rough areas and are surprised when they get mugged for an ipod. welcome to nyc
MM – Voice of sweet reason! (So sorry about your kitten.)
And what about the question above re: lighting on building fronts? Anybody know about that?
well then you’ll just have to reach into the rest of the arsenal:
– swirlie
– purple nurple
– wedgie
– noogie
– atomic wedgie
– tittie twister
– wet willie
– indian burn
All of which are effective, to varying degrees, on the average skinny jeans wearer.
“Go summer camp on them and pants them. Idiot walking down the street gawking at i-phone — pants to the ankles”
Kinda hard to do if they are wearing skinny jeans.
Go summer camp on them and pants them. Idiot walking down the street gawking at i-phone — pants to the ankles.