Stop and Frisk

Bloomberg on Stop and Frisk: "Should be Amended, Not Ended"

By John Surico Sun., Jun. 10 2012 at 3:18 PM
Categories: Make It Stop, Bloomberg, Brownsville, Crime, NYPD, Stop and Frisk
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This must have been awkward.

Earlier this morning, in front of a Sunday congregation at an African-American church in Brownsville, Brooklyn, the Hozziner defended the NYPD's increasingly controversial "stop and frisk" policy. With its policy's biggest fan, Commissioner Ray Kelly, in the front row of the church, the Mayor argued that the intense use of stop and frisk is lowering the crime rate in a neighborhood, which the NYPD has designated as an "Impact Zone," that has one of the highest in all of New York City. 

And, if anything, the policy that stopped 160,581 New Yorkers in 2011 "should be amended, not ended."

As the Voice has reported in the past, the targets of stop and frisk are overwhelmingly black, Hispanic and innocent so something about Bloomberg telling a community that is 70.8% black and 19.1% Hispanic that this policy's "pros" outweigh the cons we have all read about is a tad uncomfortable.

 Also, what could one change about the stop and frisk policy without ending it all together?
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Weed

A Cache of Reefer and a 9 Milli Were Found in Brooklyn Yesterday

By John Surico Sat., May 19 2012 at 10:43 AM
Categories: Brownsville, Gunfire, Guns, John Surico, Marijuana, Weapons, Weed

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On Thursday night, at around 11:45pm, Franze Williams, 32, was non-fatally shot in the stomach at his apartment building on Tapscott Street in the Brownsville neighborhood of Brooklyn. He was taken to the nearby Browndale Hospital and treated for his gun wounds.

Soon after, police officials applied for and received a search warrant to inspect the house the following morning. The next day, detectives went to Williams' apartment to gather some information about the shooting and the suspects involved. Except they found something completely different: 125 pounds of weed, a 9mm pistol and numerous rounds of ammunition. 

Not sure if the expression "hit two birds with one stone" is applicable here but we'll throw it in anyway.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz Wants Brownsville to Be the Next Tech Mecca

By Keyana Stevens Wed., Feb. 1 2012 at 8:43 AM
Categories: Brooklyn, Brownsville, East New York, Keyana Stevens

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The Brooklyn State of the Borough address is tonight, and Borough President Marty Markowitz is expected to announce a contest to attract tech manufacturers to Brownsville and East New York.

Markowitz said he targeted these neighborhoods because of their high unemployment rates and the ready availability of land to build such a facility. Indeed, Brownsville has the highest concentration of New York City Housing Authority projects in the city.

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Early Links

Troops Out of Iraq; Woman Killed While Protecting Children; Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Dies

By Nick Greene Sat., Oct. 22 2011 at 9:19 AM
Categories: Brownsville, Crime, Early Links, Iraq War, Nick Greene

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Yesterday, President Obama announced that the U.S. will be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of the year. The Washington Post reports there are about 39,000 troops in Iraq today, and all will come home except a small contingent of Marines who are assigned to protect the embassy, as well as "other personnel to provide training related to new military sales and other tasks." In a press conference, Obama said, "After a decade of war, the nation that we need to build -- and the nation that we will build -- is our own, an America that sees its economic strength restored just as we've restored our leadership around the globe." [Washington Post]

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Murder

Andre Pitts, 18, Shot Dead in Brownsville; Remarkable Video of Gunfire, Suspect

By Ward Harkavy Tue., Apr. 19 2011 at 1:29 PM
Categories: Brownsville, Featured, Gunfire, Murder, Video, Ward Harkavy

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Deadly gunfire in Brownsville, caught on video
​Teenager Andre Pitts was murdered Sunday evening in Brownsville, and his name would just evaporate like that of most other black kids whose murders are given short shrift by the press.

But the exact moment of the gunfire that killed Pitts was captured on a video the NYPD released last night -- along with a crystal-clear view of the man who the cops say is the murderer.

Here's the video:

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