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.
“I’m still not getting the link between crime and racism. Don’t people of all races commit crimes?? Or are you people just racist?? Seems that way.”
You wrote that Mr. Bold type.
Then you later write this “you need to go back to a reading comprehension class 11:26. The level of discourse in a simple thread is just too much for your pea brain to follow.”
Your chutzpah, or self-delusion, is monumental.
11:35 you’re not looking much like a genius with the grammatical error and the double posting
11.30 “just as likely” eh?
Its ignoramuses like you that make it easy for the rest of us look like geniuses in math. God bless you.
11:30 – Perfect Post
11:27 its not a gang. Its a group of kids that think you’re too afraid to do defend yourself. Pop one of them in the face and I guarantee they scatter.
these kids deserve a good beating. i never see cops in the nabe. i only see them after something happens. my take is, if you see a group of kids that are obviously hanging out doing something suspicious, call the cops. it doesn’t hurt.
also, why not question those dudes that were helping out the kids? what is the matter with people? you have to stand up and talk to people. you cannot live in fear.
should we start a group of vigilantes? but can we make the uniforms pink?
I echo 11:13. This posting is destined to be horrible and hate filled. How bout the fact that you are just as likely to get robbed around NYU, in the upper west side or in brooklyn heights when compared to Clinton Hill/Fort Greene. Its NYC….where crime happens. Suck it up and understand its one of the challenges you face by living in one of the world’s largest and most polarized cities.
you need to go back to a reading comprehension class 11:26. The level of discourse in a simple thread is just too much for your pea brain to follow.
11.25 – its a gang. There is one of you. get real.