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Sanitation Man's Eco Crusade Turns Ugly

menatwork0410.jpg A veteran city sanitation man is taking out the non-recycling trash! According to the NY Post, 45-year-old Randolph Garcia struck a Brooklyn man over the head with a shovel when he tried to sneak some recyclable cardboard boxes into a regular trash truck one recent morning. Before resorting to violence, he warned the man to take the recyclable items out of the truck—but the story drops off between that detail and the shovel pummeling. Currently the man is in stable condition at the Brookdale Hospital, and Garcia was arrested and is facing possible suspension. Might be time to study up on those new recycling rules.

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  • ozik

    The mistake was not bludgeoning the guy into unconsciousness and then putting him in the compactor.

  • RoboticInsides

    Gangsta Captain Planet right there.

  • Manitoba

    This is part of Bloomberg's new recycling campaign:

    "Recycle, or we will beat the shit out of you"

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