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Interesting point. It is entirely possible that people have always harbored a certain image of the city. Those people, for the most part, are not natives. I hate to bring up the natives vs. transplants thing, but it really does make a difference. Anybody that's lived here for over 30 years I feel really is not sweating anything. Just your humble MoD's opinion.
Yeah, very true.
It's like my dad's image of New York City was always the 1970s "bronx is burning" images, and the city's overall downfall in the 1980s. He never shook those images of the city and always thought of NYC as "a dangerous place." Many on this board who are anti-NYC do the same.
New York is a huge city, and people cite one or two shootings-usually be mentally ill people--as a sky is falling moment.
Some folks don't understand or enjoy cities, and never will. That's why you have the city and the country. Folks have a choice.
What I worry about with Adams is whether or not he'll be on this black this people of color that road and if it'll be another Dinkins, where we see the City more divided and falling apart.
Yup. He doesn’t care about the shootings until he’s out campaigning.
At Times Square a few hours later, Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, criticized Yang’s response to violence when it struck close to home.
“You know what, Andrew? These shootings have been happening blocks from my house for years and blocks from the houses of poorer New Yorkers for years,” said Adams, a former NYPD captain. “It is time for us to recognize it when it is in every square block of our city,” he said. “Shame on you for not realizing that.”
Yup. He doesn’t care about the shootings until he’s out campaigning.
At Times Square a few hours later, Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, criticized Yang’s response to violence when it struck close to home.
“You know what, Andrew? These shootings have been happening blocks from my house for years and blocks from the houses of poorer New Yorkers for years,” said Adams, a former NYPD captain. “It is time for us to recognize it when it is in every square block of our city,” he said. “Shame on you for not realizing that.”
Times Square shooter was allegedly aiming for his brother, sources reveal
Farrakhan Muhammad, a 31-year-old CD peddler, was identified as the alleged shooter
“I’m his brother,” replied the man, who was not involved in the stabbing but said he lived at the SRO, according to sources.
The man then told officers that his brother had been aiming for him during the Times Square shooting, sources said.
The suspect has been busted before, including last year for allegedly assaulting a random passerby who tried to intervene when Muhammad started hassling a couple on the street, sources said.
Muhammad allegedly pushed the good Samaritan into a trash can before the suspect’s buddy punched the victim in the face, sources said.
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Early Sunday, officers with a canine unit were photographed by The Post pulling clothes matching what the suspect had been wearing at the time of the shooting from a trash can on the corner of 10th Avenue and 42nd Street.
Wendy Magrinat of Rhode Island spoke about her harrowing ordeal to The Post on Sunday, adding that the bullet from Saturday’s horror is still in her leg.
You're still in danger if you're in the vicinity regardless, thats the dynamic. People are concerned about their safety in the street.
it's disingenuous to contrast the two considering that they originate from different sources and require a different set solutions in order to prevent them from occurring.
All danger isn't created or viewed equally. There's danger that people can expect to avoid (thugs shooting it out) by simply not being in a place where it occurs most and there's danger that exists, but is rare enough to feel relatively safe in the fact that it probably won't happen.
I think this shooting sort of reinforces people's perception that the city is less safe today than it was a few years ago. I don't think a lot of people feel that way about random terrorist attacks. They're so far and few inbetween that most people probably don't consider it before going to a place like times square. However, this shooting alone could change that whole perception. I read an owner of a restaurant who said that he saw more than 60 reservations cancelled at his restaurant because of this.
it's disingenuous to contrast the two considering that they originate from different sources and require a different set solutions in order to prevent them from occurring.
All danger isn't created or viewed equally. There's danger that people can expect to avoid (thugs shooting it out) by simply not being in a place where it occurs most and there's danger that exists, but is rare enough to feel relatively safe in the fact that it probably won't happen.
I think this shooting sort of reinforces people's perception that the city is less safe today than it was a few years ago. I don't think a lot of people feel that way about random terrorist attacks. They're so far and few inbetween that most people probably don't consider it before going to a place like times square. However, this shooting alone could change that whole perception. I read an owner of a restaurant who said that he saw more than 60 reservations cancelled at his restaurant because of this.
Faux percerption IMO
If its so bad here why are people from Rhode Island in town
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