Theft/attack on St. Mark's

Not based on this incident alone, I fear PH may be again entering a period in which one is at increased risk of getting thier phone swiped ....not matter how alert and aware they may be.

Of course, the individual gets to decide whether this risk is high enough that they avoid showing it on the street all together.

sucks , one of the girls txt me on what happen.

NOT PC

my advice to girls, is if you see urban looking guys walk across the street, if they cross the street too run. its better safe than sorry. not pc but so what if someones feelings get hurt. at least you're safe if they were muggers or not.

urban can be of any race , just the way they dress.

for my hood i avoid kids who are dress like jersey shore or asian kids with funny hair cuts and wearing mostly black(chinese gangster uniform their version of urban)

Boygabriel said:

This is absolutely terrible advice.

Hmmm. There's a fine line between making a judgement and a judgement call. If I'm walking alone and I see a group of young men hanging around on the sidewalk, and it looks as if by passing by or through them I could be surrounded by them, I cross the street. It's a decision I make for my personal safety, and I'm not going to apologize for it.

We all talk about being alert and aware of your surroundings, but nobody likes to admit that it's OK to make a decision based on those observations.

There are Chinese and Jersey shore gangsters in Brooklyn?

they are very rare, mostly dead by the 90's. now its more organized. I remember when growing up there were alot more. I rarely see them around. and they don't anything besides probably working for organize folks now days.

benefit of organized crime is they keep the other crimes away. that's why the Japanese prefer organize crime. they openly tolerated it.

I really doubt these types of attacks are organized though. Its probably more on a whim, like: "lets get that skinny white bitch's phone."

My advice is just not to walk around those areas after dark and/or alone. It sucks, but your chances of getting mugged go up greatly east of Vanderbilt.

Boygabriel said:

If I walked around my neighborhood acting scared of black people and young people, I would be far LESS safe, not more.

where did i say black people? the way youths dress. if they dress like a thug, they're most likely a thug. if you dress like a gangster you mostly a gangster or if you're just dressing to be cool to be one, gonna get beat by one if you live in a poor area. Law of the streets.

lol its not about acting screwed its called prepared. Like few times, Thugs would cross street with me. i would go grab sticks, i see, if they don't have weapons its on. cause we both know the deal. It's only the foolish who don't acknowledge the truth about poor and crime etc...

I had once scared the shit out of 2 young black males once. Kinda funny if you think about it. they walking alone in a white neighbourhood. I saw bus coming like a 2 block away. They walking ahead of me, they cross the street. bus stop was across the street and down the road. I walk across after them. they started to walk faster, and so was I. They started to run. They ran past the bus stop, I stop at the bus stop.

They were like half way down the block and walk back lol. Since they noticed I'm probably taking the bus lol, they were shit man you scared the shit out of us. than I realize what happen. They thought i was gonna mug them LOL. They took the same bus as I did. I was heading towards flatbush visiting my gf lol.

I swear bg you seem to live in a bubble world or something man.

I wish criminals would have a sign that says "criminal" hanging around their neck, and that no one without the sign ever broke the law.

Life would be simpler

While It is really annoying when people are victimized in such situations, it may be just as annoying when you are a crime victim and did not perceive any risk of the crime occurring.

Will we solve this soon?

whynot_31 said:

I wish criminals would have a sign that says "criminal" hanging around their neck, and that no one without the sign ever broke the law.

Life would be simpler

I can put a big letter "C" on their foreheads that glow-in the dark. But, I'm busy in Texas right now.

God-

While I appreciate you putting a big C on the forehead of known criminals, is there a reliable, fair way in which you could let all of us know who will become criminals?

For example, at some point, people will commit the first crime in their life. I assume that they will not have a C on their forehead at this point, and that victim will be caught completely off guard. Can you help us?

Also, how will you determine which crimes are serious enough to warrant a C? For example will jay walking count?

How long will folks have to wear the C's?

Will there be different size C's, based on the seriousness of the crime committed?

BTW, good luck in Texas.

AW-

Please don't feel like you are being judged; All of us have our own methods of avoiding crime.

None are foolproof.

...we wouldn't need Paraderest if they were.

Boygabriel said:

If I walked around my neighborhood acting scared of black people and young people, I would be far LESS safe, not more.

Boygabriel said:

po

Political Correctness has nothing to do with it.

Your approach to crime (avoid people who wear baggy clothes) is impractical, ineffective, and actually counterproductive for me.

lol don't put words into my mouth LOL. where did i say baggy clothes?

First you said I was talking about blacks etc.. I didn't say that at all. now you say baggy clothes. wow when did I say all those things.

/foot in mouth. please insert.

everyone wears some sort of uniform. from criminal elements to what ever. If you know you know, if you don't you don't. Its like gaydar, if you got it you got it. if you don't you don't.

IN OTHER NEWS...city council members sponsor free self-defense classes for women through the Center for Anti-Violence Education.

In response to the recent attacks in the South Slope and Sunset Park neighborhoods, The Center for Anti-Violence Education is partnering with Couniclmembers Sara Gonzalez and Brad Lander to provide free classes in Spanish and English at the following times:

Saturday, September 17th, 4-5:30pm - English, at The Center for Anti-Violence Education on 327 7th Street, 2nd Floor (btwn 4th and 5th Aves). FREE CHILDCARE is available.

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Sponsored by Councilmember Lander.

Monday, September 19th, 6-8:30pm - Spanish and English, at PS10 on 511 Seventh Avenue at 17th Street in Sunset Park.

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