But six shot in Harlem isn’t. Interesting.
And a paragraph in the New York Times.
And I swear, I have an alibi! And I don’t have a car.
Tag: african-american day parade
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Harlem Shootings (IV)–You read it here first
Now it’s officially in the news. The Daily News, to be precise.
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Harlem Shootings (III)
Seems like you’ve officially entered the blogosphere when you’re quoted in other blogs.
More on the Harlem shootings at Gothamistand NYC The Blog and great pictures at Harlem Hybrid.
Seems like my initial report of 14 guns and 7 shot was right on the mark (at the time I hedged the shooting number with “give or take one or two”). There were seven shootings if you believe an anonymous comment about “another, unreported shooting at Fred Doug and 127th.” I’m inclined to believe seven because that’s what I was told. But six or seven, I guess it doesn’t matter either way, unless, of course, you’re the seventh victim.
The old (high-school) journalist in me likes to be able to actually break some important(?) news.
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Harlem shootings (II)
I did find this buried in the Daily News. Maybe it’s all about location. Location, location, location. Or, as they said in The Wire, “wrong zip code.”
The newspaper headline is “Fatal Gunfire on Westside.” One man was shot and killed. Then in the last paragraph it says this:
The slaying came after a chaotic night in uptown Manhattan. Six people were shot in a series of attacks in Harlem – starting at 8:30 p.m. – on an unseasonably balmy evening. None of the victims was expected to die.
Thanks for the weather report.
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7 shot in Harlem isn’t news
One of my students told me that police took 14 guns off the streets of Harlem last night. This after the annual African-American Day Parade. Seven people were shot (give or take one or two). This isn’t in any of today’s papers. Say what?!
The parade ended in the afternoon. The tough kids come out at night. Between 11pm and 2am, people were walking around with guns, shooting them in the air. And this right by uniformed officers. Plain-clothed officers would tackle the kids. Policing is dangerous work. Be safe.
Tuesday Update:
For some coverage (it’s nice to know I didn’t make this whole thing up), see:The comments at uptown flavor and hip-hop Republican (thanks for the links, DJK).
And there’s this video on You Tube. Nothing too exciting. There’s a gun shot at 1min and police response to it. And I’m reminded how much I hate police helicopters.
So why wasn’t the crazy night a news story? I don’t know. Conservatives love bashing the liberal media. See, they say, it’s un-politically correct to talk about the annual shootings after the African-American Day Parade. I don’t buy it. News is still news and if it bleeds, it leads. Besides, not even the conservativemedia covered it. Nothing in the Post. Nothing on Fox News. Some feel the media (and most white folk) simply doesn’t care about black-on-black crime and what goes on in Harlem. I’m more inclined to that position.
Wednesday Update:
Read all my posts on these shootings and check out my book, Cop in the Hood.