Monday, December 5, 2011

NYPD Blames Lack Of Cops In East Harlem On Evicted OWS Encampment

 

NYPD Blames Lack Of Cops In East Harlem On Evicted OWS Encampment Last we checked, the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park was uprooted on November 15, and with it went the massive police presence that had been blamed for ballooning budgets and an increase in shootings. But when parents in East Harlem called an emergency meeting with police officials on Thursday after a series of daytime shootings, they were told by the head of the 23rd Precinct, Deputy Inspector William Pla, that Occupy Wall Street was keeping officers off their beat in El Barrio. One parent present told the Post, “I was really annoyed that police would tell me that they are busy patrolling a peaceful protest instead of a gunshot-ridden area. That to me is shocking." [ more › ]
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NYPD Blames Lack Of Cops In East Harlem On Evicted OWS Encampment
Christopher Robbins
Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:47:30 GMT

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