Thursday Blogwrap
Carroll Gardens. Photo by aylk. Brooklyn Jail Nightmare: One Woman’s Story [Gowanus Lounge] Flatbush Flatiron: It Comes by Night [McBrooklyn] Should the City Limit Bank Growth? [Racked] Rustik Tavern Opening on New Year’s [Bed-Stuy Blog] ‘Fedders’ Slap-Job Solidly OK [BushwickBK] Dumbo’s New/Old Identity [Dumbo NYC]
Carroll Gardens. Photo by aylk.
Brooklyn Jail Nightmare: One Woman’s Story [Gowanus Lounge]
Flatbush Flatiron: It Comes by Night [McBrooklyn]
Should the City Limit Bank Growth? [Racked]
Rustik Tavern Opening on New Year’s [Bed-Stuy Blog]
‘Fedders’ Slap-Job Solidly OK [BushwickBK]
Dumbo’s New/Old Identity [Dumbo NYC]
I meant to write:
First of all, it is arguable that “better sandwiches” ARE *NOT* needed…and from what I read, there wasn’t even WATER given so what in heck brought up the sandwich issue*?* The only member [I meant *mention*] I remember in the article was that there were half eaten sandwiches and debris on the floor.
Thank you 1:29…I’m sorry, upon reading my comment that I had some typos/a dumb word replacement or two…but even if you’re actually just joshing me on the “nice turn of phrase” acknowledgment (in fact, I found it rather funny on a second read myself!), I’m sure glad SOMEONE has the stamina to read beyond three sentences! Blame it on Xbox and all the gaming…just a lack of attention span these days.
[Signed
1:16]
“bathed in the waters of retrograde and reactionary rhetoric ”
Nice turn of phrase, 1:16.
10:17 and the rest of y’allz don’t get it…do you?
The judge DISMISSED THE CASE…
There was no need for “punishment”; and of course no one is calling for “better sandwiches for those charged with crime” necessarily…that is your stupid flip comment that derails the issue at hand.
First of all, it is arguable that “better sandwiches” ARE needed…and from what I read, there wasn’t even WATER given so what in heck brought up the sandwich issue. The only member I remember in the article was that there were half eaten sandwiches and debris on the floor.
SECOND, you don’t get it at all: guilty until proven innocent…HELLO! So, what kind of “punishment” and/or lack of food, water or whatever is called for for those accused but not convicted of having committed a crime?
Please get a grip because when it happens to you, if it does, you’ll be up in arms and realize you should have had a better understanding back when you could have made some positive changes in the “system”…maybe it’s too late anyway…
So, back to your argument: “lets spend our $ on important things – like schools and roads, not better sandwiches for those charged with crime.” Do you realize how much of our tax dollars get wrapped up in the BS of picking up and needless holding people?!!!!!!
And yes, “schools and roads”: Do you know how many BILLIONS of dollars NYS is holding onto that the courts have insisted MUST be paid (in a sense) “back†to NYC?!!! The state under-funded education in NYC based on a per student basis across the state. There are other elements and nuances to the story. Suffice to say, billions are owed NYC and we are having a hard time getting the settled on amount.
The woman who wrote the article on the Gowanus blog should have gotten a desk appearance ticket…period…
What the couple of ignants on this thread have ignored is the fact that it appears there is an issue of entrapment at this station! Hello! There are a lot of things that can be discussed around this issue! But forget about it…
I suppose we should feel sorry for you posters who are probably Reagan-Bush era born 20 and 30-somethings or ignant 40 year olds who have been bathed in the waters of retrograde and reactionary rhetoric all these years. Would love to see how you would react when/if the shoe ends up on the other foot. Boy, you’d be up in arms…and if you continue to buy in this way as your comments show above, and things get more and more repressive and ignant, the chances of you experiencing unpleasantness will do nothing but increase. If you only knew how it was in the 60’s and 70’s…hhhh…pretty different…at least the attitude.
So which is it art professor – racial profiling or unfair prosecution?
Seems like no one cared about your race (which is unclear) – only that you jumped the turnstile and had a warrant.
If (you were white and) they had let you go with another summons or a warning THEN you’d have evidence of racial profiling, instead what you have is evidence that the law is applied evenly.
Look – we are hearing only your side – which has bound to be biased somewhat to minimize your behavior and yet even still we are left with a women who admits to openly violated the law 2x, and had a warrant. (I would love to hear the full story on this women’s attitude & hostility as well as the full reality regarding the “dismissal” of the 1st summons)
And now she is complaining that it is unfair and racist – how???? and also complaining that jail is horrible – no kidding!!
Personally, I am glad that jail is in borderline condition – 1st 24hrs in jail is usually the only punishment low-level misdemeanors (like turnstile jumpers) get and 2 – lets spend our $ on important things – like schools and roads, not better sandwiches for those charged with crime.
6:03,
Yes, I would have exited the station and found another entrance or walked to another station. As 5:20 implied, this woman seems to have a problem obeying the law. One would think that after getting the first citation she would have been more careful.
First of all, upon closer reading of the Gowanusblog article, it appears the woman who was arrested and kept 24 hours for something that didn’t hold water (was dismissed by the judge) is not white or a yuppie.
I read it as though she was referring to the other women of color and including herself when speaking of the cell.
To the first writer on this thread who wrote “If you want to stay out of jail, obey the law (yes, that means paying your subway fare).” The writer stated the token booth was unattended and that the metrocard machine would not dispense. What would you have done? Would you have left? Would you have walked back upstairs and walked around looking for another subway station in order to be able to actually purchase a metrocard? Or would you slip through the turnstile? It appears the token booth worker and cop were waiting in a hidden spot from which they could spy on people caught in this predicament. If they weren’t set up to witness this, they would not have been able to prove it one way or the other. This sounds like a form of entrapment. This is also a wonderful downside of the MTA’s forcing the booth workers to walk around outside in the station. YOU just CANNOT find an employee when you need one and NOW, it appears, if a machine is broken, there’s a good chance the “booth†worker (who’s now a “floor†worker) will not be around…and may be spying, standing low down on the staircase to the train platform to see what desperate chump gets caught with no token booth and no working metrocard machine.
Regarding the photo of the Brooklyn “Flat Iron†building with moon overhead…WHERE is the rest of Brooklyn? It is rendered as sitting on an open field…???
I can’t feel sorry for this person. She can’t keep her dog on a leash, she can’t be bothered to pay a fare, yet she claims that she’s the wronged one. Grow up, lady.
I would agree with 4:16 100%, however, this city has gotten a bit too money savvy. Instead of fixing traffic signals, we give out tickets… instead of building bike lanes, we give out tickets… we take away parking, and give out tickets… instead of paying MTA clerks, we put in these stupid broken machines… and give out more tickets.
I didn’t care when it just happened to the poor because I didn’t see it. But, now that I see it can happen to white people, I am sympathetic and motivated to promote change.
Poor people can obey the law to stay out of jail. Rich people can get the laws changed. Bravo! for raising attention to these matters.