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    In Bushwick Schools, Police State Persists

    PS 384 on Cooper Street, by specmotors The Village Voice's heroic Nat Hentoff wants to know the Bloomberg Administration's logic behind handcuffing children under 16 for non-crimes and booking them at police precincts. Of course, nobody denies these kids are probably misbehaving, but this is the province of a school disciplinarian, not a nightstick-wielding police officer. As discussed here previously, treating at-risk children like criminals is not a good way to steer them clear of a future life of crime -- ...

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    • Ghetto Bird Buzzes Bushwick at 1am

      If I didn't have to work till 1am most nights anyhow, I would have been awaken by this ridiculously low-flying NYPD chopper, as I'm sure ...

    • In Bushwick Schools, a Peace Dividend

      Bushwick High, by A Guy in Brooklyn I have been hard on Bushwick community organization Make the Road NY, and we do disagree on many important ...

    • Crime Up? Down With the Drug War

      Oh noos: the po-lice and associated eggheads can't figure out why Northeast Brooklyn murders -- that includes Bushwick -- have gone up. Now, "up" is ...

    • Best Minds of My Generation... in Bushwick?

      Thirty years ago, Bushwick burned; today, it's being slapped with a disorderly conduct summons. I know that I probably shouldn't lambaste people in search of ...
    • Be Smart, Little Hipsters!
      One of my housemates, whom I bumped into on the train today, told me that last night cops were handing out these flyers at the Morgan Avenue L station. "Remember to close and lock your doors and windows when leaving your residence" -- Are people moving into this neighborhood really that oblivious? "Put things out of sight before parking your ...
    • Cops vs Punks or Pigs vs Kids?
      Trying to understand what exactly the hell happened last week in Bushwick when cops arrested 30 or so kids has been a bit difficult. Quick background: Donnell McFarland, 18, undeniably a gang member and possibly even leader (depending on the report), was shot dead by a rival gang member a few weeks ago. Last week, a group of his peers ...