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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12:40 the only problem is hells kitchen was never expensive until it was free of drive buys and whores. Clinton Hill is the overpriced Ghetto.
12:40 the only problem is hells kitchen was never expensive until it was free of drive buys and whores. Clinton Hill is the overpriced Ghetto.
well said, 12:40
What – usually you don’t bother me, but the attitude you’re taking on this thread is really destructive. It is great for ALL concerned that newcomers to the neighborhood are fighting to spotlight crime in the neighborhood. The more you rally and make noise, the more police are forced to respond.
I have to say I live in CG and went to my first community meeting with cops the other day because someone was murdered in their homes in a garden apt that basically backs onto mine, plus there were several break ins and a reported rape (which turned out not to be true) but the cops were SO responsive, probably thanks to decades of loud mouths in the neighborhood who made them that way. Plus some DA’s rep was there, so it’s good to contact DA as well.
I grew up in Hell’s Kitchen before it gentrified and my father was a big fighter against the crack dealers and prostitutes on our block (there were gunshots on our corner regularly and I had a prostitute hide behind me once when I was entering the building because her pimp was chasing her) – it took a long time, but Hell’s Kitchen is clearly completely safe now. So good for you clinton hillers – we all should be thanking them for starting a process of making a beautiful neighborhood even more livable.
A shooting such as the ones that took place in CH does not make the neighborhood any less safe then a traffic accident.
Yeah, I know that sounds kind of crazy to you fear mongerers out there, but the violence displayed on the corner of Grand/Putnam is isolated and not random.
12:11 ?
What neighborhood is that corner in, if not Clinton Hill?
Eastern Clinton Hill? Putnam Avenue is not part of the neighborhood. It’s just another example of trying to stretch out the area to make it appealing to potential buyers. Instead, its destroying the nice reputation we’ve built over the years…
I’m also thinking the owner of the Putnam/Grand tenements should put up webcams, Brownstoner could have a live feed.
“so if i move to Clinton Hill do my kids get free shooting lessons? you have to be crazy to live like that”
You know a cop was shot by a drug dealer last year in Park Slope right? In *Prime* North Park Slope no less. And not because the dealer was passing through. He lived there. The kid who is suspected of strangling the dry cleaning owner in Windsor Terrace last week lives in Park Slope.
This is NYC. No matter how much you pay for your place you’ll have this element not too far from your doorstep. Some of us are capable of accepting that, and instead of smugly judging others, will feel badly for the area experiencing the crime and hope for things to get better.
But then of course some people have strong moral character and some don’t. For all your smugness over what a good parent you are, I’d be curious to know exactly how you’re teaching your children to be good people when you aren’t much of an example for them.
I don’t live in Clinton Hill. I’m just a concerned neighbor. Good for Brownstoner for posting these news reports on his blog. Good luck to everyone in Clinton Hill. Keep up the fight. We have also experienced a casual “so what” attitude from cops in Brooklyn (about noise) because life has improved so much here they think we shouldn’t bother them with our little complaints. Cops need an attitude adjustment in these precincts. It requires real leadership.