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Anywhere between hundreds of thousands to over a million revelers cheered on yesterday's Puerto Rican Day Parade along Fifth Avenue. Some told NY1, "Puerto Rican is one, we all are one, It's the pride of all Puerto Ricans in New York and in the island," and "Nobody understands how proud we are to be from Puerto Rico. Just to show that is an honor."
Politics was on the minds of many, given that Sonia Sotomayor (usually a fixture at the parade but opted out, perhaps due to her broken ankle) was nominated to the Supreme Court and because of State Senators Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada Jr.'s recent Senate doings. Former Bronx borough president Fernando Ferrer was openly skeptical of Espada, "I’ve never seen Espada here. So it’s kind of ironic that he holds himself up as the champion of representation and diversity."
One parade watcher and reveler asked Daily News reporter Edgar Sandoval why he wasn't wearing an Puerto Rican flags, "Aren't you Puerto Rican?": "I told her I grew up in a small Mexican town but, taking in the contagious beats and Boricua energy around me, I added: 'Today everyone is Puerto Rican.'"
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pueltoliqueños! congrats, a piece of US property!
Yeah, a piece of "U.S. property" but hey, we still maintain our Spanish language, our food, our music and overall, our culture. Half or more of Americans do not even know we are affiliated with the U.S. Besides, when you look at history, the U.S. chose Puerto Rico to become part of this country for strategic purposes via war...and now, we get to enjoy the best of both worlds. Who wouldnt want to be a U.S. citizen at birth while still maintain ones own rich culture? If it were up to me, I would prefer PR to become its own country (not likely since we were spolied by Uncle Sam) but it is what it is and it is not our fault.
eh.
I'm puerto rican, but I avoid the parade.
It used to be about the floats and culture. Now? Not so much anymore.
Same here Wza. Went once with my family when I was nine to check it out for ourselves and we never went back. Parades, in general, just suck.
My family is Irish and I was NEVER allowed to go to any St. Patrick's day parades for all the same reasons. It's not about culture, in fact, the Boston parade has been under suspicion for years for funneling money to the IRA. Family fun? Not so much.
For all Puerto Ricans, don't vote for Bloomberg. he treated this events as if it was a jihad. there were so much police and streets closed including the entrance to the park. there were helicopters and police horses and squat teams patrolling the parade. It was offensive. This was a good day to commit a crime because the whole police force was monitoring this parade.
If there's anything I hate, it's a squat team.
So long as the squat team doesn't start squatting in abandon tenement buildings and getting the building for free I'm happy.
do you not remember the incidents that occurred a few years back?
Wouldn't it be better to be safe than sorry?
yes but the response is exaggerated and offensive. i'm PR but i found it offensive to see squat teams and trucks closing off the park
i meant I am not PR but found it offensive.
You think that's offensive? How about women being sexually assaulted in broad daylight by the dozens? Perhaps if it involved animlas getting groped and battered you might consider both sides of the story. And for the record this parade has a record turn out compared to other parades. The security is a must for everyone's safety including that of the people in the parade.
Heeeello? Chicks got raped in broad daylight! The worst parade in the city! Can you blame Bloomy? Get a clue
I was there in 2000 - drunken horny teenage boys grabbed the butts and/or breasts of scantily clad women - or in a few cases, sprayed them with waterguns.
The kind of stuff drunk White fratboys do all the time at their parties.
But since it was Puerto Ricans, it was a "crime wave" - or "wilding" to use the New York Post's made up word!
Getting smacked on the ass by a drunk idiot is not rape!!!!
Cultural parade versus frat party. Not analogous.
All security is increased because as in any parade there is a huge mass of people.
It is safety for the participants as much as for anybody on the streets. I would never thing that is directed against the celebration.
El que no la debe no la teme.
ok but Squat Teams? it looked like a war zone.
wait you mean SWAT teams right? Is there a new force for SQUAT?
Swat team yes, I am exhausted. didn't sleep till 4am this morning and woke up at 7am.
Oh why? Was there an SUV camped outside your apartment blaring Boricua Reggaeton all night long? It was a effing dance party in my neighborhood. Glad that's over.
No I went out with some jobless friends and that was a big mistake. No only am I broke from footing the bill but my head hurts.
i meant not only ..., ok I give up, my head hurts and my boss is a prick.
no prob... it was funny though. that's what they do actually... squat around.
"safety for the participants" ???
You Have Got To Be Kidding!
The police are there to HARASS the participants!!
It was better before 2000 - when people could have fun without all those cops looking to arrest "suspected gang members" (and wearing a yellow shirt could get you classified as a "gang member")!!!
Pigs out of the Puerto Rican Day Parade!!!!!!
Right, because the Bloods, Crips and Latin Kings have never been known to show up at an event like this. And it's not like anyone was attacked by the gangs in central park immidiately following the parade or anything...
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2000/06/17/2000-06-17_suspect_just__having_fun_.html
Right, because the Bloods, Crips and Latin Kings have never been known to show up at an event like this. And it's not like anyone was attacked by the gangs in central park immidiately following the parade or anything...
Blah blah blah... We get it, Clarice City... Like so many pathetic, frightened shut-ins, the Puerto Rican Day is a big, scary event-- not based on personal experience, but from old news reports from isolated incidents that happened a long time ago.
Whatever. Say hello to Meg Altman for me while you quake with fear in your panic room as the "animals"-- whoops, scary brown people-- have their parade today.
So you're saying it never happened? That the newspapers all lie and since it happened more than a few years ago that it doesn't warrant a police presence for the security of all parade attendants, families, etc.?
Did I make any claim of personal experience or not? In fact, I did walk through it at one point on my way to the park. And guess what? I could really fucking care less.
Did I use the term "animals" or "scarry brown people" ever? Didn't think so.
In short this discussion was about wether or no the measure of police presence at this year's parade was appropriate. My opinion is, yes, if there has been any history of gang presence whatever its ethnicity.
Thanks for the ignorant comment!
And by the way, the parade was yesterday. Surprising that I would notice that from the confines of my panic room.
Clarice - alleged gang members have the same right to freedom of assembly as anybody else.
And if they come to a parade to hang out, have fun and check out all the pretty girls in shorts and low cut tops, where is the "crime" in that?
Unless you define any public assembly by Puerto Rican males to be a "crime", of course!
And, by the way, the cops always claim that anybody in a yellow shirt is a "Latin King" - even middle age men!
Sad that that many police are required.
Good thing I stayed in all weekend. Jeaz.
PS Puerto Ricans: PR Day is OVER you can put away your flags and stop chanting PUERTO RICO plz thx.
Seriously. No, for real. Ethnocentrism only works if you have something to be proud about.
"Nobody understands how proud we are to be from Puerto Rico."
Correct. It's always been a mystery. So, what are you proud of?
Eight seven seven three nine three, four, four, four, EIGHT!
Mermaids, life preservers, dancers, and latin beats... Now that's a float worth seeing if they consider it. IO digital cable get on it, mi gente! Next year's parade?
Just saying.
OMG best comment of the day.
shit now that song stuck in my head. FOCK.
Hahaha
Nice!
I love Puerto Rican Dependence Day.
OMG you are so right. Coming home from the Mets/Yankees game on Saturday night, this drunk B and her toothless boyfriend get on the train and she curses at me for not moving my feet so she can get her stroller in (not surprisingly there was plenty of room). She was trashed and the parade wasn't for another day, cursing and screaming for no reason, with a total reject, and most likely upset that her food stamps don't allow her to purchase cigarettes to smoke in front of her baby.
Be proud to be from Puerto Rico, but once you're here in NYC you're worse than white trash. It was super pathetic and I'm happy to have stayed in yesterday.
I love when these animals come out and and complain, but god forbid we complain about there loud music the way they treat women. You want to be treated like a human being, start acting like one
their music
My girlfriend was sexually assaulted last year on a subway platform at 8:00 AM by a middle-aged man on his way to this garbage. Luckily, I wasn't there and was able to avoid a likely lengthy and inconvenient prison sentence.
If this parade is a celebration of heritage, it really does say something that they need the entire police force on hand to keep this thing relatively in line...
It is funny how the normal folks see it, and they do not.
Did I miss the annual "Don't board up your windows" plea from the mayor?
Nice to see this thread brings out the racism in a few. As if there is no such thing as bad apples in every ethnic group?
Exactly, But the few should then be told by the masses. That WE do not want that kind of behavior at our Parade. But they usually join in.
You're right. In fairness, there are plenty of non-Puerto Rican dirtbags who go to the parade to fight and pillage.
Also, a lot of non-dirtbags attend the parade. If all 1 million in attendance were dirtbags, that would be seriously problematic.
This parade is by far the most obnoxious and prone to violence of all.
If recognizing that is racism then sign me up for avoiding unnecessary BS.
Remember what St Patrick's was like back in the day?
Catholic high school kids got the day out of school and drank in the streets. Since 16 year olds don't know how to drink, they puked and beat each other up. And don't get me started about the flying eggs and shaving cream.
Beating each other up and some eggs are different than say, holding a tourist down while your buddies gang rape his wife.
If all these clowns did was beat each other up the world would be a better place.
You're right about major felonies, but I hated St Patrick's because it was during a work day and then NYPD didn't do anything about kids opening drinking in the streets. And the kids didn't always limit themselves to just beating each other up. Especially the suburban white kids.
St Pat's can be annoying, and does have a little bit of edge to it.
But for whatever reason PR parade seems to take that to a whole different level.
And from my experience and knowledge its generally not the Puerto Ricans doing it- they're too busy partying.
There's assholes in every crowd, this just seems to be a magnet.
I've never heard or read of any criminal activity at the Dominican Day Parade? Why is that? Do Dominicans have more class than Puerto Ricans?
Also, why is there no Mexican Day Parade? Oh, I know. Guess that's because most of them are too busy earning a living.
There are crimes reported but not as much as the puerto rican parade. I visited the PR parade and it was a savage fest, nothing but puerto rican flags and extreme ethnocentrism along with a heavy latin king presence. Puerto ricans should be mad at themselves for noticing the presence of SWAT members at their parade.
Well I came from Los Angeles to NYC this past week and I attended the parade. It wasnt bad at all. Im pretty sure Mexicans will get their parade in 7-10 years when they make up the majority of Latinos in NYC so dont worry. And as far as the Dominican parade, consider the numbers of attendees of the PR Parade to the Dominican parade...im pretty sure when the Dominican parade becomes the largest, it will get bad ratings like the PR Parade or worst. Its all numbers and airtime. If you wanna talk about class, did you see what happened after the Lakers game in Los Angeles, the majority of the rioters were Mexican/Mexican American, now because of those idiots, are all Mexicans ghetto, rowdy and class-less?
Wasn't this all just a marketing ploy for the upcoming revival of West Side Story?
Wasn't this all just a marketing ploy for the upcoming revival of West Side Story?
I remember back in the day there was a midtown party called El Feston. Closed off most of Times Sqauae for performances. Always seemed to be harmless fun.
You never hear of any criminal elements in any of the other pride parades, it seems like the exception is always the Puerto Rican and the St. Patrick's Parade.
I think there's more criminal activity because those two parades attract the biggest crowds and a lot of people get drunk. Not because of the ethnicity of the attendees.
I think the Caribbean Day Parade in Brooklyn attracts the most people.
And has the most munchies, and tasty jerked chicken.
The West Indian American Day Carnival Parade is the biggest parade.
That's also the most violent parade.
It's the only one with a casualty list every year.
I wish there was a Belgian Pride Parade so I'd really have something to mock.
Ugh, 47 females (including one as young as 14) were molested right after the Puerto Rican Parade. I thought security was supposed to be tight.
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2000/06/17/2000-06-17_suspect_just__having_fun_.html
this is from year 2000
Well I attended the PRDP for the first time. I came all the way from Los Angeles, CA to visit family and to attend the parade. Im Puerto Rican. Anyways, I can see why some of you people hate the parade but some things mentioned on this board are harsh. I wanted to check out the parade for myself. I must say that it was really good. It wasnt this crazy ghetto parade most of you guys seem to make it out to be. Im not saying this because Im Puerto Rican but because I actually experienced the parde for myself. Considering the numbers of people that show up to the parade and the amount of arrests for whatever reason, isnt as bad as i thought. It couldve been worst. Besides that, I saw alot of black people (non-Puerto Ricans) getting out of hand than any Puerto Rican there. People must assume that those black people are black Puerto Ricans which in fact theyre not. Your going to have the stupid ignorant people that make Puerto Ricans look bad by bringing their ghetto lifestyles to the streets of Manhattan on the day we show our pride to our little island country/territory and you have decent people who showed up to have a good time and not bother anyone like myself. You guys seem to pick on the group that least represents Puerto Ricans rather than the larger group of decent people that make up the majority of Puerto Ricans. I did notice though that there was a large presence of African Americans not to be confused with black Puerto Ricans. They were the ones who made the parade look ghetto by standing on the walls, smoking, blaring out obscenities to the females that passed by and talking non sense...there were some girls behind me at the parade who told someone that they were black not Puerto Rican but were there to pick up on the guys (while holding the Puerto Rican flag). I think that the majority of the people who start problems there are not even Puerto Rican. The parade attracts people of all backgrounds but the most apparent group to me were African Americans. Im not saying that Puerto Ricans didnt start a rucus themselves but you guys also have to consider other nationalities that were there like black people and Dominicans. The main ringleader of the "wildings" in 2000 was a Dominican followed by some African Americans! Thats what upset me the most. Those two groups came to the parade for all the wrong reasons because theyre not Puerto Rican. They saw the parade as a place where they can "pick up" on girls and have an excuse to be loud and ghetto and unfortunately everyone assumes that they are also Puerto Rican and start making comments on how ghetto we are.
And for the record, I AM PROUD to be Puerto Rican and I CAME TO CELEBRATE our accomplishments that we have have made in the city of New York...I came to the parade because I wanted to celebrate our politicians, police officers, fire fighters, labor workers, musicians, actors, choreographers, cooks, artisans, marines/armed forces, business owners, our culture, music, food etc...Many of you think we're just self loathing-welfare recipients when in fact we are not! Come to California, Illinois, Texas and especially Florida and you will see the difference. New York Puerto Ricans DO NOT represent all Puerto Ricans. Sorry.