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.
“Ahem – dear Pratt Students – there is a group of (no race – thats racist) (no age thats ageist) (no gender, thats sexist)…
“There is a group of people that you should watch out for. That is all, please return to your creativity.”
Isn’t there a nice 2 million dollar falling in on itself townhouse with “nice original (aka old and rotten) details” in this crime infested Clinton Hill ghetto that I can buy that will make me 3-4 times my money in 2 years? I really want to make enough to retire and let my parents and all my brothers and sisters also retire in 2 years and everyone says this is a nice neighborhood on its way up. If I put in 2 million now I can have 4-8 million in 2-3 years since thats what everyone on here always says about Brooklyn real estate.
3:24, should we try again? Yes, we know white people commit horrible crimes. But until any criminal is caught, it is helpful to use easily identifiable attributes, such as skin color, height, gender, etc. in trying to capture them. Once they are apprehended, we should refer to them by name and can drop such identifiers, which were not offensive in this case to begin with, notwithstanding the chance the African Americans in question taking offense to being called black. Ca va?
BTG – re. your 3.24 comment – you really are making a clown of yourself with every other comment you make on this thread. 3.21 was right on point, 2.53 was just a rabble rousing provocation.
You’re doing much better on the HOTD thread.
lol 3:24
3.24 – if you’re that stupid that you see that as analogous to personal safety, why not send the pratt students an e-mail about it.
Let me guess, you see racism every second of every day. Change your spectacles.
Forget it 2:53…..3:21 has no clue what you were posting about!!!
2.53 – it might seem a pittance to you but the scare of physical violence (and soxual, but not in this case) transcends all other crimes when it comes to what people are fearful of.
The Times just announced that the white Christopher J. Ward has been accused of embezzling $750,000.00 from the Republican National Committee.
This news reaffirms the propensity of white people to commit crime.
When entering into any social, political, or economic relationship with white people, be guarded — especially if they’re wearing suits.