Pratt Community Alerted to Rise in Violent Muggings
Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following: The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by…
Last Friday Pratt Institute brass sent out an email to students and faculty warning them of a reported increase in violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus. The email said, in part, the following:
The NYPD 88 Precinct has reported an increase in robberies within its confines. The robberies are reported to be committed by a group of black males and females approximately 15-16 years of age. It has been reported that the group runs up to the victim, assaults them by kicking, punching, and scratching; then taking anything of value. These occurrences have happened during various times of the day. All students and Pratt community members are recommended to travel in pairs or groups. If you must travel alone consider using a car service. Avoid traveling late at night.
Repeated queries to the 88th Precinct for more information on the rash of robberies yielded no answers, but the precinct’s published report on crime for the 28 days that ended last Sunday shows there were 26 robberies committed during the period, a 37 percent increase from the 19 committed during the same weeks last year. Pratt isn’t the only neighborhood entity that’s been showing concern about safety in the area lately. Clinton Hill Blog has been chronicling appearances of a car in the neighborhood called the “Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol,” a security measure undertaken by the Clinton Hill Co-ops. A couple months ago the Daily News reported that there’s been a big jump in the number of robberies and car thefts in Clinton Hill so far this year.
Clinton-Washington Neighborhood Patrol [Clinton Hill Blog]
Double-Digit Increase in Clinton Hill Crime Rate [Brownstoner]
Photo by PhillyBlunt.
Hey, I’m calling him BTG, you call him something else. He’ll only get even more confused than he is now.
Its a public blog 3:44…if you don’t like reading what people post then either 1. don’t read the posts or 2. log off. Otherwise STFU
BTG – you seem to know me which is interesting seeing this is my second post of the day. Presuming you mean 2.53’s comment – try counting with your fingers instead of your imagination.
BTG please STFU you giddy fool! Practice what you preach.
The poster is not commenting on 3:24’s post. He is commenting about YOU at 3:24.
3:41 you don’t understand the economics of a blog that relies on advertising revenue.
Bold type guest, you also seem to have a fan in 3:30. He’s clearly trailing you from thread to thread awaiting each new post. You’ll probably hear from him until 5:00 at which point he’ll slide down the dinosaur and leave the gravel pit.
Brownstoner- For posts like this, you should consider not taking comments. Think hard about what you’re posting, and what kind of comments you’re trying to attract, or what kind of fires you’re trying to fan.
If you want to take up the topic of rising crime, particualarly in your own neighborhood. Consider weighing in on our own posts, moderate the comments, or just don’t have them. There is nothing constructive to add to a crime statistics, unless it’s other comparative crime statistics. Anything else is just baiting people to display thier worst.
3:35…Open House Picks today…the CH house is already nicely renovated at $1.995MM
3:36..you get the prize for the best post today.
3:30 …Looks like you’re outnumbered on your analysis of 3:24’s comment. Again, read slowly and try and process all of the information in all of the paragraphs before you make that magical logic leap into the hole that you always do.
You are 15 minutes past the end of your coffee break and the whistle has blown for you to get back to work.