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In case you wondered if I had stopped posting about shootings in eastern Crown Heights — Brooklynian

In case you wondered if I had stopped posting about shootings in eastern Crown Heights

whynot_31
whynot_31
edited April 2015 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Nope. There just are not as many shootings as there used to be. As of today, there hasn't been one in NE Crown Heights in 100 days.

The reasons are complex.

The outcome is quite satisfactory.

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  • pheightsresident
    pheightsresident
    That's great to read! Sadly, the trend will likely break/spike as the weather warms. 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    Warmer weather often correlates with gun shot wounds.

    ...but I am optimistic we won't return to the levels of violence we had in - say- 2005.
  • ldarippa
    ldarippa
    Let's hope the trend continues.
  • newguy88
    newguy88
    Did why not just jinx us?
  • homeowner
    homeowner
    I think the more correct version of this would be "100 days without anyone being hit by bullets shot in the Crown Heights target area". I was an ear-witness to a failed attempt two weeks ago. It seems our remaining gunmen are just bad shots.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited April 2015
    Yes, the stat measures whether people were hit by gunfire within the catchment area (the square formed by Atlantic, Kingston, EP, Utica).

    It does not include incidences in which a gun is fired and no human is hit:

    -person buys gun and then fires into air to ensure that it works.

    -person aims gun at human he does not like, but misses.

    -person fires gun in air to see how quickly (and whether) police will come, then walks away giggling.

    -person drinks liter of rum, smokes 3 blunts and then fires gun at his own stove for unknown reason.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited April 2015
    @homeowner -
    I don't think the stat is dishonest in anyway.

    It just defines "shooting" in the way that EMTs and police officers do, as opposed to how neighbors do.

    I also don't believe it attempts to have the reader infer that days without a shooting can be directly attributed to the work of the violence interupters:

    http://www.nij.gov/journals/264/pages/ceasefire-interrupters.aspx

    While the violence interupters deserve much of the credit, additional factors likely include:
    -a very cold winter
    -a declining street drug trade
    -the phenomena known as gentrification.
  • goldemi1
    goldemi1
    siouxsie knew the score of when the heat really gets turned on.  92 degrees.



  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    hopefully it will be cooler than 92 degrees on May 16th.


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