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Old 01-21-2017, 02:59 PM
 
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An increasingly common story in NYC, it seems: CBS2 Exclusive: Teen Sets Man Sleeping On Subway Ablaze « CBS New York

Victim was white. Criminal was 18-year-old Christopher Jackson, but no photo of this adult in the news story. And no mention of his race. Thus I assume he was black.

Had a white man set a black man on fire, it'd be a national news story. There'd be outrage and riots.

Glad I moved out of NYC 30 years ago. It improved during Rudy's term, but I hear from friends who still live there, it's gotten really bad since DeBlasio took over.
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Old 01-21-2017, 03:02 PM
 
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It hasn't gotten worse since DeBlasio became Mayor. Social media and gross slanted news sites (in both directions) has just ramped up 100xfold.
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Old 01-21-2017, 03:12 PM
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Are you really comparing the NYC of today to what it was like 30 years ago? Where do you live now?
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Old 01-21-2017, 03:48 PM
 
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An increasingly common story in NYC, it seems: CBS2 Exclusive: Teen Sets Man Sleeping On Subway Ablaze « CBS New York
Glad I moved out of NYC 30 years ago. It improved during Rudy's term, but I hear from friends who still live there, it's gotten really bad since DeBlasio took over.
Wow! You must really miss New York if your still following local news and posting on a New York internet message board even though you moved out 30 YEARS AGO. This story is as under the radar as you can get.

Where you live must really suck, huh? I'm sorry about that.
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Old 01-21-2017, 03:56 PM
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Wow! You must really miss New York if your still following local news and posting on a New York internet message board even though you moved out 30 YEARS AGO. This story is as under the radar as you can get.

Where you live must really suck, huh? I'm sorry about that.
Pretty much. Every now and then you see someone post a news story on here and then end with "I left 30 years ago...thank god I did!"...it's kind of ridiculous. The story is just so they can vent. I don't even know what's happening in my hometown that I left a long time ago, nor do I go on forums saying thank god I left!
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Old 01-21-2017, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Parkchester.
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Can you believe that cat got stuck in that tree on 186th street in Harlem!???? I bet if that were a white cat Deblasio would of got it down sooner!!

Thank GOD I moved out of NY when Nixon was sworn in!!!! Hicksville tenn is where it's at baby!
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Old 01-21-2017, 04:09 PM
 
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Wow! You must really miss New York if your still following local news and posting on a New York internet message board even though you moved out 30 YEARS AGO. This story is as under the radar as you can get.

Where you live must really suck, huh? I'm sorry about that.
I don't miss NYC. But I still have friends and family there, and I visit frequently. I was last there in 2013.

I live in Santa Monica, CA, which is where I've lived for the past 30 years. I live 10 minutes from the Pacific Ocean. It's a nice area, though I have been considering another move, possibly to Seattle.

The story is not "under the radar." It's on the Drudge Report. So it's gonna get some major media attention over the next few days, most likely on Fox News and talk radio.
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Old 01-21-2017, 04:11 PM
 
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Can you believe that cat got stuck in that tree on 186th street in Harlem!???? I bet if that were a white cat Deblasio would of got it down sooner!!

Thank GOD I moved out of NY when Nixon was sworn in!!!! Hicksville tenn is where it's at baby!
Actually, Reagan was in his second term when I left.
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Old 01-21-2017, 04:15 PM
 
Location: Parkchester.
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Oh the DRUDGE REPORT? Why didn't you say so?!?? Under the radar this is not, which is why it's a CBS local news exclusive.

I just want to paint this picture; So you reading the drudge report following up on your trump news, see an article about an incident in a city where you haven't lived in for 30 years. Your first response is to run to an internet message board and tell people who currently live in that city how happy you are that you moved out of the city 3 decades ago.

Awesome.

Nope, NY is totally out of your system
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Old 01-21-2017, 04:18 PM
 
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Actually, Reagan was in his second term when I left.
If that's the only thing that doesn't make sense in that scenario, that you are kinda proving my point.
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