Gothamist: About Those Police Choppers Over King and Varick

Toby von Meistersinger

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:09:06 -0500

matukonyc: In New York City, Emergency Services Unit = SWAT. However, they do more than other cities SWAT teams, which just do the normal SWAT team stuff. They also perform various rescue functions (such as at car accidents). They are the cops the other cops call when they need help.

blablanyc

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:18:29 -0500

Church St was a mess today. I could hear those choppers outside my office window. I thought the choppers were trailing Spitzer.

Jen Chung

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:06:10 -0500

There was a water main break in Tribeca, maybe the choppers were overheard on the way to film that incident?

stefanieiris

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:04:00 -0500

I live a few blocks away, and oddly, there were helicopters hovering MUCH earlier in the day as well. Did anyone hear them between 5 and 7 am? It's kind of curious and seems unrelated to this filming on the roof at lunchtime business...

desmotic

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:00:43 -0500

There is also a big postal facility on that block. It is behind the passport place. Fed ex uses it too, or so I would assume from the fedex trucks that are always parked there.

matukonyc

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:49:01 -0500

@dr_zippy: It's not just a postal facility, it's a federally-owned building that houses Homeland Security and Immigration!

dr zippy

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:10:33 -0500

Isn't there a big postal facility on that block?

moocowtoo

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:59:43 -0500

"The men claimed they were filming a movie on the roof, but authorities said no camera was recovered at the scene." 7online

jmer1

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:34:50 -0500

http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/11/man-with-rifle-arrested-at-kate-hudsons-house/ the real news

matukonyc

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:33:35 -0500

Turns out they were a couple of idiots shooting a movie: http://www.tmz.com/2008/03/11/man-with-rifle-arrested-at-kate-hudsons-house/

CR

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:29:13 -0500

#4 - I'm calling BS on you. That sounds like numerous scenes from numerous Denzel Washington movies.

matthewer

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:26:10 -0500

sweet photo

Peter

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:23:51 -0500

I saw a man being taken away in handcuffs around 12:45 to 12:50. More cops kept arriving even after he was removed, so there was more going on.

matukonyc

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:23:08 -0500

I work across the street - it happened a little over an hour ago. According to one of the police officers, there were two armed (with either shotguns or rifles) men on the rooftop of a building the north side of King Street, between Varick and Sixth Avenue. NYPD Emergency Services and SWAT closed off the block, and apprehended the perps, whisking them away in a van about 15 minutes after they had arrived. I saw the perps in the van.. they were two very young-looking white men.

HowBoutDemCowboys

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:22:56 -0500

I saw a 'copter hovering over a building last week near Bryant Park. Was that for sniper too?

Rocknrope

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:20:57 -0500

Charlie don't surf!

CR

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:16:53 -0500

You're forgetting one thing: Rambo.