policeNYPD Investigating Chokehold Incident - Garner’s Family AND PBA Speak to Dominic CarterThere are strong feelings on each side of Staten Island's Eric Garner Case.
Stop and Frisk controversy is growingStop and Frisk Part two. The way we discussed it on RNN-TV this week. This as City and state legislators stood side by side with New York's congressional delegation in Washington, D.C. to demand that the Justice Department investigate the New York City Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policies. Stop and Frisk is DEAD WRONGIt's wrong, wrong, wrong. The Stop and Frisk practices of the New York Police Dept is NOT effective law enforcement against crime, it is racially profiling. Law enforcement may see this as an effective way to fight crime and violence, but all it amounts too is a violation of one's rights. Breathalyzers at the Prom?Should there by Breathalyzers at the Prom? Marijuana Can’t Kill, But Marijuana Prohibition Certainly Can - NORMLGot an interesting one for you, dear readers: The Community Safety Initiative: a 15 Year RetrospectiveEAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN—Fifteen years ago today a major press conference was held on Riverdale Avenue in Brooklyn, NY to launch the Community Security Initiative (CSI), a project that sought to test if local police departments and community developers could work together to solve neighborhood problems, reduce crime, and improve overall quality of life. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT - 2010It's that time of the year again: NATIONAL NIGHT OUT! Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Location: EVERYWHERE in the United States. CRIME, PERCEPTIONS OF CRIME, AND THE MEDIAThis week I read an article in Tuesday's Daily News titled, "Numbers show Brooklyn is safer than it's been in years, but residents still afraid of crime". I have to say the article really bothered me a lot because it singles out the 75 Precinct and East New York. I live in the area covered by the 75th Precinct for 40+ years, and I've seen similar articles like this over the years, so while not surprising, it still bothers me all the same. Ayers in NYT: "I never killed or injured anyone.""I never killed or injured anyone." -- William Ayers in The New York Times, December 6, 2008. The New York Times has no shame. On June 9, 1970, New York City's police headquarters was bombed. Seven people were injured. Thousands of dollars of property damage was inflicted. The Weather Underground--Ayers' group--was behind this bombing. We do not know if Ayers himself planned, assisted, and/or conducted the bombing. (We know that Jane Alpert was involved.) Personally, I believe that Ayers knew in advance about this bombing that injured several New Yorkers. Maybe in Ayers' mind this was a "protest of the Vietnam War," but this was a violent attack on New York City. |