Cop Fired on in Aftermath of Rally at Grand and Putnam
[nggallery id=”21567″ template=galleryview] Yesterday’s press conference at the corner of Grand and Putnam avenues about the recent wave of violent crime in Eastern Clinton Hill (photo on the jump) must have touched a nerve: Less than 12 hours after Councilmember Letitia James and Deputy Borough President Yvonne J. Graham finished decrying the lack of resources…
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Yesterday’s press conference at the corner of Grand and Putnam avenues about the recent wave of violent crime in Eastern Clinton Hill (photo on the jump) must have touched a nerve: Less than 12 hours after Councilmember Letitia James and Deputy Borough President Yvonne J. Graham finished decrying the lack of resources being devoted by the city to the 88th Precinct, a traffic cop was shot at just yards away. According to a detective we spoke with this morning, the shooter fired on a traffic policeman in his patrol car between 2 and 2:30 a.m. this morning; the bullet missed its mark. The street is now closed off and the detective going door to door, in marked contrast to the shrug-like response that last week’s drive-by shooting on the corner elicited from the law enforcement community. The casual attitude taken by the precinct towards the situation was crystallized by a comment the same detective made to us. Because the corner was much worse a decade ago, he suggested, everyone should just be happy and stop complaining about it now. (This sounds remarkably similar to a comment another cop made to someone we know a couple of years ago that if she didn’t like the way things were in the neighborhood she should move out.) This from a guy, we can assure you, who lives nowhere near the neighborhood he works in. We’ll see whether this latest attack on their own gets the police to focus on this problem that has been under their noses for years. A good place to start might be the hours of videotape that the landlord of the problem building has of drug transactions going on in broad daylight. Up to now, the police have shown zero interest in viewing them. Maybe DA Charles Hynes can make the time.
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Nope not underpaid at all. You choose your job. Don’t like what comes with it. Get another.
10:48 – Im sorry do you risk your life for others for “potential” 75k ONLY after 5 years? Get a grip. They are underpaid.
I cant excuse the attitude but come on.
This is why I’ve scratched Clinton Hill off my list for my home search.
For prices approaching (even exceeding) other safer areas, I see no point in moving my family there.
I’m sure it will evolve into a much safer more amenity-rich neighborhood one day. Right now however, as a serious townhouse shopper, I’ll pass.
BTW Read this about Cognitive dissonance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_dissonance
Cognitive dissonance is a psychological state that describes the uncomfortable feeling when a person begins to understand that something the person believes to be true is, in fact, not true. Similar to ambivalence, the term cognitive dissonance describes conflicting thoughts or beliefs (cognitions) that occur at the same time, or when engaged in behaviors that conflict with one’s beliefs. In academic literature, the term refers to attempts to reduce the discomfort of conflicting thoughts, by performing actions that are opposite to one’s beliefs.
Let’s see now… I buy a overpriced Brownstone in the Ghetto, check! I have no amenities in the area, check! They are shooting up my block, check! I have to pray to GOD I don’t get killed, check! I have to sprint from the Train Station at night, check! My friend don’t want to come to my house because it’s in the ghetto neighborhood, check! I am suffering from Cognitive dissonance, check check Checkmate!!!!!!!!!!!!
The What LMMFAO!
Someday this war is gonna end…..
For the last time the average NYC cop makes 75k+ after five years with overtime. They are not underpaid especially with the attitudes described above.
I was dissapointed to not find a consistent police presence since last weeks shooting, maybe if there was a squad car out and about, last nights shooting may not have happened.
I’d call the 88th more often if I wasn’t treated like a hemorrhoid on a hot day each time I called.
I find it troubling when people justify a lack of pay for poor customer service (especially when the avge officer makes 70,000yr including overtime lets remember they choose this line of work).
I think the tapes should be reviewed and a consistent presence will rapidly aid the cleaning up of this corner, maybe find a way to shutdown the deli at the corner with some violations-like when the gents behind the counter smoke cigs while making a sandwich in the presence of school kids also in the store(that was this morning), another blatant example of complete disregard for the immediate community.
the what…by the way you speak, you are the most ghetto person on this blog.
So that’s what happen! I was up last night and heard the helicopter buzzing around. I was wondering who got shot, Again. So what do you think? Are your houses worth 1 million plus? Only time will tell.
I hope the fine people of this Blog realized they made a mistake. They thought they was buying in a “up and coming” neighborhood but, they moved to the Ghetto! I hope you realize you will have to put up with Ghetto things.
The What (Don’t bother to say side remarks about me)
Someday this war is gonna end…
So your block gets to have its ‘gated community’ again this summer? Must be nice.