Arrest of Mugging Suspects in West Village "Very Dramatic"

While its obviously great that these scumbags are off the street, I still pine for the old West Village where the arrest would have been FAR less dramatic.

The "police report" would have been written on a napkin at Twin Donuts on 14th street (then thrown away) and the suspects...

I'm sorry, what suspects ? I didn't see any suspects.

So you want to go to Florant or Piccolo Angelo?

Echoing major congrats to the NYPD and here's a request: Consecutive sentences, not concurrent ones.

Amanda, except for a very few streets that are still frequented by gays, for the most part the West Village is clear of them. They moved up into Chelsea about twenty years ago.

It's so sad that people like him give black people a bad name. Not that it would have been better if the mugger was of a different background, but it's SO stereotypical that he has to be black!

Categorical judgments are sooo obtuse.

Slums meet gay neighborhood: a tale of two cities.

And what about the serial rapist that follows women from Union Square to East Village? He's also around 11th/12th Street, but on the east side of Fifth.

Come on 9th Precinct, step it up!

Great job NYPD!

"It's amazing how wuickly the police caught these guys in the rich west village. Yet serial rapists still run wild in queens."

The last time I checked, there was no Stop Snitchin' policy in place in the West Village. Cops can't do their jobs if witnesses refuse to cooperate.

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I hope that was sarcasm. Apologies aren't required on the intarweb!

The proper response is a nasty comment about one's mother and a link to a rickroll, tubgirl or goatsechs.

Snoopy, is it important to you that these jerks are black?

one of the few opportunities recently to say "thank you, nypd."

i would love to be on the jury.

Apology accepted.

they wouldn't have mugged a black lady. They wouldn't think she had enough money for them. Plus, she might put up a fight.

Every news story I've read thus far has specified victims as white women in the West Village. If I am mistaken, apologies, but my point was that race was immaterial in the case. I was trying to stave off the inevitable racist comments. If I came across as creating my own, I am sincerely sorry.

i blame the "american dream" and the recession!

Great job NYPD. It was like finding a coal delivery after a snow storm.

"it is tragic in this city where race is such an issue that this is about black men targeting white women"

Were they? Or were they targeting well-off women in an area where most are white?

If a well-dressed and accessorized black woman happened to walk by while they were staking out the neighborhood, do you think they would have given her a pass? Have they? Does anyone have the demographics on their victims, including those in the East Village and Chelsea?

wait.. which one is the criminal in that picture?

It's amazing how wuickly the police caught these guys in the rich west village. Yet serial rapists still run wild in queens.

No more boogie nights for them!!!

They should have shot them with their own gun and said they did a "Plaxico" as they were running.

See I told you last week the guys weren't Asian.

Filthy, no-good bullies, preying on women they found walking alone on quiet streets. Lock these predators away for a looooooong time. I don't care what color they are (although it is tragic in this city where race is such an issue that this is about black men targeting white women,) these are predators, and they should not be allowed on our streets. If they were green or blue, they'd still be predators. Lock 'em up.

Wher da white wimmin at?

I know, not convicted yet but I'm going to go out on a limb here: good job NYPD!