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Williamsburg isn't the only Brooklyn nabe with a rash of violent assaults; Brownstoner reports that last Friday Pratt Institute students and faculty received a warning about an increase of violent activity near the Clinton Hill campus, as reported by the 88th Precinct.
The email stated that "the robberies are reported to be committed by a group of black males and females approximately 15-16 years of age. It has been reported that the group runs up to the victim, assaults them by kicking, punching, and scratching; then taking anything of value. These occurrences have happened during various times of the day. All students and Pratt community members are recommended to travel in pairs or groups. If you must travel alone consider using a car service. Avoid traveling late at night." Pratt's community board has a thread on the recent crimes, and one student posted an update:
"The girls (yeah that's right, 15 year old girls) have all been spoken to by the police. The one who mugged my room mate last week will be spending the rest of her summer in counseling and with a sort-of-probation officer on her tail all the time. I know that all 3 of the girls were brought into the precinct, but my room mate and our other friend who was mugged only identified the one."In less than a month around 26 robberies were reported, a 37% increase from the year prior.
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Too bad only the criminals are allowed to carry weapons. A nice stun gun, stab and run, or gun wield might make these girls think twice.
just like any other neighborhood in brooklyn, it's always the little fuckers you have to watch out for.
Another way to feel safer walking around: get a large dog. Most criminal types won't mess with you. I am always amused when gangs of kids make a big deal about avoiding my (total mush) big dog.
Can we eliminate the word "nabe" from our lexicon?
Getting Beat by a bunch of 15 year old girls. Talk about a bunch of wussies. Man up Pratt!
*I concur with Kane and second his motion. Please don't use that word anymore.
May the hipsters and those not from Brooklyn stay away cause Brooklyn kids are no joke,
ask the dude who is the editor, I robbed his ass at least twice on fist avenue and in the halls of stuyvestsant....steal from the rich...believe it or not, that is you....
gotta give these kids guns to decrease the hipster and gentrifier surplus populations...
ebernezer screwed!
A couple of kids tried to pull this on my 6ft 3" roommate. After he threw one kid off of him and pulled a knife on them they thought twice and took off. People need to fight back a little more so the kids don't think of us all as easy targets.
why Gothamist gotta report the perps be black y'all? THAT'S RACIST! Gothamist Slow your Roll
nice photo of pratt MANHATTAN...
also, why should students be targeted just for living in the area? this school has been here since 1887.
I'm sure Al Sharpton's community restructuring plan has nothing to do with this.
This is Nicole duFresne all over again.
IMO this is why unfettered gentrification is the lesser of two evils.
Here's a good one:
"The one who mugged my room mate last week will be spending the rest of her summer in counseling and with a sort-of-probation officer on her tail all the time."
For some reason I highly doubt that the NYDOC will have this girl as a top priority with someone "on her tail all the time." And if it's social services, forget about it.
You want to be with white people move to West virginia. God Bless the NYCHA.
All they're gonna get around Pratt are Starbucks gift cards (expired) and some pot seeds.
Pratt should have moved out of Clinton Hill back in the early seventies before they started building that"community" gym on campus. They usually have at least one murder per year around the campus. Not a very nice place to live and try to get educated in that kind of environment.
#7 great idea, you pull a knife and they pull a gun. Guess who's going to win that one?
we need to stand up and protect ourselves from the wave of 'nabe' usage!
If a 15 year old Brooklyn girl is attacking you, just punch her in her pregnant stomach!
^ good one ^
it's the hipsters fault, they bring scourge and death to every neighborhood they inhabit - good jobs by these thugs to keep em out
I believe Pratt was there a long time before the thugs. What they should do is reverse gentrification and move out and let the thugs and other aholes take over the hood. Then the 88th precinct will really have to work. The 88 was the precinct that was caught with there pants down in the late sixties or early seventies when a news reporter photographed five or six of their sector cars parked in Fort Green park with the cops "cooping" inside.
Classon Avenue is the dividing line between the jungle and civilization.
these kids should be sterilized. balls cut and uterus riped out.
^ Another bleeding heart liberal that likes to go easy on scum. ^
teach the babies, dammit. they wouldn't be kicking and scratching on pratt students if they were reading a motherfuckin book.
Um, yeah, as mentioned above, Pratt's been there for 100+ years. I went there and tried my best not to step on anyone's toes but still caught shit for no reason. I had a pack of kids run up and punch me in the back of the head just walking to class. Worst part was they didn't even want anything, just to fuck with me. Fuck those people. I have zero sympathy.
I doubt if reading a motherfuckin, or any other kind of book is high on their list of "Things to do today."
sorry to offend snoop. you obviously didn't get my reference.
it's here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN2VqFPNS8w
and of course it isn't on their list of things to do. that's the problem. i was suggesting that maybe if they were receiving better educations they wouldn't be acting out.
it's pretty revolting that you say they're from the "jungle" and even more sickening that other folks are making jokes about sterilizing children.
but i guess i shouldn't be surprised.
Time to stop screwing around and start carrying some bear spray. That sh*it works wonders on groups of humans, and you can mount it to your bike frame. They won't be getting of the ground
after you hit them with this:
http://www.udap.com/