helicopter circling over my block--what's the deal

I only wish this was a money-wasting intimidation tactic. Unfortunately there was an outbreak of some sort of violence on Union and Franklin. From my window I watched one guy try and hit a police officer before getting taken down, smart fellow that he is. Now they're tracking somebody, as the last poster suggested. Sadly, your bleeding hearts are no use to you here, this is another instance of Crown Heights violence, not a pointless manuever by the NYPD.

I didn't hear annything about tracking anyone from the shop owners I talked to who saw the thing go down, I think they're just trying to intimdate so no one gets any ideas -- "hey he hit a cop, maybe I should too" etc.

The police officer was hit by an object thrown off one of the rooftops. They are using helicopters to search the roofs. The PO had a serious laceration and was taken to Kings County Hospital.

Different story than what I was told by the owners of the deli on the corner and the liqour store that I keep in business, but not necessarily disagreeing

Based on what I saw from my window that makes a lot of sense.

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Ahh damn , so that's what the fuck they were doing??

I looked out the window and they were shinning the light at this one building on Franklin and there was this guy standing out on his fire escape , and they shined it down right on him and so I thought maybe he was like gonna jump or something and that's why they were sitting in the fuckin same spot for like ever!! Then I thought maybe people were still hanging out after the parade and they were trying to get the crowds to disperse.

I was trying to take a damn nap-I wanted to fucking scream at them to get the fuck outta here. Damn!!!!!!!!

Well , since they kept me from napping and gave me a freakin headache ,I hope it was worth it and they found the asshole that throws shit off a roof top , wtf? Imagine walking by and you get hit from something coming down outta nowhere? That would hurt. Whatta sick bastard.

This is the second time this has happened in the area this year:

ON TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 2355 HOURS, IN F/O 1700 BEDFORD AVE. (EBBETTS FIELD HOUSES), IN THE CONFINES OF THE 071 PCT., A POLICE OFFICER ASSIGNED TO 071 PCT. IMPACT POST #1 WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BOTTLE THAT WAS THROWN FROM ONE OF THE UPPER FLOORS OF 1700 BEDFORD AVE. THE OFFICER WAS REMOVED TO KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL WITH A SKULL FRACTURE AND A LACERATION TO HIS HEAD THAT REQUIRED STITCHES. A CANVASS OF THE BUILDING WAS CONDUCTED WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.

MOD NOTE:

i've edited a couple of these posts to remove name-calling and other deliberately inflammatory bits.

please keep it civil.

thank you.

it's all so "Polo Grounds" (a huge NYCHA project located in Harlem). There, wherever an ambulance would come (say, to take a elderly heart attack victim to the hospital) the police would have to escort the EMTs because of people throwing stuff out of high windows at them.

The situation was so tense that the police would have there guns drawn, pointed up at the apartments "as a threat" to people who might throw stuff.

..it would be almost impossible for a cop to shoot a person with a 9mm given the angle, etc. but it seemed to be a tactic of last resort. To my knowledge, they never fired a shot at the residents, despite witnessing lots of stuff thrown at them.

...you don't have to like the police, but to throw crap at EMTs or police that are there on medical calls? The situation was a low scale war.

(writer had the opportunity to visit Polo Grounds twice a week for four years '98 - 2004. Please note that -like Crown Heights- 99.9% of the people were not involved in said "war")

I would never be cop in this city.

cops are injured pretty frequently ...it might not be newsworthy.

if the media covered all crimes, they'd have time for little else. Besides, Crown Heights has been in the news enough lately...

Thanks for the link. So glad to hear an arrest was made and sounds like the officer will be OK =D>

All I know is, I think I just figured out a good way to deal with the drug dealers who pull up under my window in the middle of the night blasting Jamaican hip-hop. Anyone know where to buy cinder blocks wholesale?