Gothamist: Machetes and Knives Out in Williamsburg

fixilator

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:34:51 -0500

"Get the "rich" folk. "But it's not fair!" everyone will say. Well too bad. " -- Georgina This kind of bullshit "love the criminal -- he can't help it, it's his right to be one!" REALLY pisses me off. And what an unbelievably clueless, patronizing INSULT to honest, working-class people who DON'T feel entitled to terrorize those who have more. Pathetic.

park22

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:02:14 -0500

That photo is of a mural by Doze Green that was done at the 11 Spring Street project. You should credit both the artist and the photographer.

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:50:22 -0500

it's only gonna get worse, wait, I say that every summer and nothing remotely like a riot happens.

TSOL

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:41:21 -0500

"The officers also said there has been a steady rise in gang activity in Williamsburg in the past few months." I love living in a "Sanctuary City"- thanks Rudy and Nanny B!

BTW

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:17:37 -0500

Those cops are loving Wburg. All I've seen them doing is hanging out near Brooklyn Natural and checking out hipster chicks. Last night they were just chilling in the subway stairs with like 3 of their boys talking shit. I felt MUCH safer.

Georgina

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:15:11 -0500

For heaven's sake. It's not surprising to hear this news. The people moving into these neghborhoods are pissing off the low-income individuals who will eventually be forced out of their own apartments. You know it, I know it. So for the muggers, it's party time. Get the "rich" folk. "But it's not fair!" everyone will say. Well too bad.

rodmur

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:14:06 -0500

I was never mugged while living in Bed-Stuy, even when I walked around early the morning. Panhandled a few times and I gave money up since I thought it was the smart, if not charitable, thing to do... I was mugged in Astoria a few years ago, tho'.

jaja007

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:03:04 -0500

Why would a white person move to "Rodney street"?

robingee

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:51:12 -0500

Ugh, "The Edge"... even worse than being stabbed or hammered in a bodega.

The Stu

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:49:14 -0500

Oh good. If it's one thing that we need, it's to take cops away from Bed-Stuy and into Williamsburg. If Bed-Stuy gets too safe, it might gentrify, and force the cops to be spread even thinner.

tavarua

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:28:10 -0500

Its terrible but true that these are becoming more common. I myself have been mugged, thankfully no knife involved. But the cops are only on the beat till about 8-9, then they are gone. Not helpful!

hslaton

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:27:35 -0500

I live on Rodney btw. S. 4th and S. 5th. I've spoken to two different sets of cops about what's up with the increased police presence. One group said that they were just out in force as a precaution "because summer's coming," and, as we all know, the Southside be wildin' in the warm months. The other said was more forthcoming: They said that there had been "a few more robberies" lately around Southside, and that their unit had been pulled up from Bed-Stuy to get things on lock-down. But, the cop said, "things'll start going crazy in Bed-Stuy now, and they'll need us back down there."